Gabor

[ gah-bawr, guh-bawr ]

/ ˈgɑ bɔr, gəˈbɔr /

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noun

Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.

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Gabo, Gabon, Gabonese, gaboon, gaboon viper, Gabor, Gaboriau, Gaborone, Gabriel, Gabrieli, Gabriella

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How to use Gabor in a sentence

It was a move pundits speculated would alienate conservative shoppers, but Gabor calls it “an absolute mic drop” moment for the fitness brand.
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Gabor is a kind of Man Ray, Lily a mélange of Lady Diana Cooper and Nancy Cunard.
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She and her girlfriend Arlette pose for Gabor in a photograph that eventually becomes world famous—and the title of the novel.
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Gabor saves her from taking her own life, convincing her to become the target gal in his acclaimed knife-throwing act.
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I did comedy sketches of her at ACME, but she was known as ‘The Other Mrs. Gabor’ then.
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In his prime, a celeb cosmetic surgeon whose patients also included Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Bethlen Gabor might at any moment have assumed an offensive attitude, and drawn off the Emperor's army to the Hungarian frontier.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
Bethlen Gabor, who had deserted his cause a few months before, had repented his defection, and was now coming to his aid.
The Thirty Years' War|Samuel Rawson Gardiner
If Aaron Gabor could fit out his Szeklers with artillery, why should not his namesake be able to do the same?
Manasseh|Maurus Jokai
But when Gabor changed his policy and made peace with the emperor, Mansfeld was compelled to disband his troops.
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Nikita and Gabor, equally frenzied, joined in the savage work.
The Shadow of the Czar|John R. Carling

British Dictionary definitions for Gabor

Gabor

/ (ɡəˈbɔː) /

noun

Dennis. 1900–79, British electrical engineer, born in Hungary. He invented holography: Nobel prize for physics 1971

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Scientific definitions for Gabor

Gabor

[ gä′bôr, gə-bôr′ ]

Dennis 1900-1979

Hungarian-born British physicist who invented the technique of holography in 1947.