Hahn

[ hahn ]

/ hɑn /

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noun

Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.

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How to use Hahn in a sentence

Hahn and a third member of the team, chemist Fritz Strassmann, continued the work, corresponding from afar with Meitner, who had landed in Sweden.
How matter’s hidden complexity unleashed the power of nuclear physics|Emily Conover|April 8, 2021|Science News
Hahn told ABC he would resist pressure to speed up the process.
How the U.K. Approved Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Faster Than the U.S. and Europe|Ciara Nugent|December 2, 2020|Time
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, however, has authority to overrule Marks’ decision, and Secretary Alex Azar of the Department of Health and Human Services has the right to further overturn Hahn’s call.
How to Tell a Political Stunt From a Real Vaccine|by Caroline Chen, Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson|September 26, 2020|ProPublica
Hahn promised full transparency on any moves by the FDA to greenlight a vaccine.
The CDC thinks 90 percent of the US could still catch COVID-19|Purbita Saha|September 25, 2020|Popular-Science

This gets to what FDA commissioner Hahn said during his testimony on Wednesday—the need for large-scale trials to establish safety and efficacy.
Where the 4 major coronavirus vaccine candidates currently stand|Sy Mukherjee|September 23, 2020|Fortune
The report also names the administrator of one such targeted directory, a German computer science student named Sebastian Hahn.
Use or Look at Online Privacy Tools? NSA Labels You an ‘Extremist’|Joshua Kopstein|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Shirley MacLaine, Kathryn Hahn, and Adam Scott star alongside Stiller.
Ben Stiller’s ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Trailer Released|Rachel Osman|July 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the 5:30 p.m. call, an unidentified person describes Jamie Hahn as stabbed and “bleeding so badly.”
Jamie Kirk Hahn, Democratic Strategist, Allegedly Stabbed by Best Man|Miranda Green|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Jamie Hahn began her finance and fundraising work as soon as she graduated from college in 2006.
Jamie Kirk Hahn, Democratic Strategist, Allegedly Stabbed by Best Man|Miranda Green|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Hahn and Kirk families released a combined statement Wednesday that called Jamie “dedicated.”
Jamie Kirk Hahn, Democratic Strategist, Allegedly Stabbed by Best Man|Miranda Green|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The German for cock is hahn, and the cock with his jagged scarlet crest was pre-eminently the symbol of the good Shine.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
Hahn endeavoured to group the folk-tales of Europe under forty heads, and Baring Gould has followed his example.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
He sent a man on with us to show us the way to the Kickel-hahn, which we at last reached—I with weary legs.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot
Thus, when Mr. Hahn asked the question: "What is one-half of 10?"
Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst
In another (Hahn, No. 15) a prince finds in the forbidden fortieth a lake in which fairies of the swan-maiden species are bathing.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston

British Dictionary definitions for Hahn

Hahn

/ (German haːn) /

noun

Kurt. 1886–1974, German educationalist. During the Nazi era he escaped to Britain, where he founded Gordonstoun School (1935) and helped to establish the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme

Otto (ˈɔto). 1879–1968, German physicist: discovered the radioactive element protactinium with Meitner (1917); with Strassmann, demonstrated the nuclear fission of uranium, when it is bombarded with neutrons: Nobel prize for chemistry 1944

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Scientific definitions for Hahn

Hahn

[ hän ]

Otto 1879-1968

German chemist who investigated radioactive elements and helped discover several new ones. His research on the irradiation on uranium and thorium with neutrons led to the 1938 discovery of nuclear fission.