Bohr

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /bɔː/, Danish: /boːr/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bôr, bōr; Dan. bōr)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Bohr  (bôr, bōr; Dan. bōr),USA pronunciation n. 
    Aa•ge Niels (ô′gə nēls),USA pronunciation born 1922, Danish physicist: Nobel prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr). Niels Hen•rik Dav•id (nēls hen′rēk dav′id),USA pronunciation 1885–1962, Danish physicist: Nobel prize 1922.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Bohr / bɔː boːr/
  1. Aage Niels ( ˈɔɡə neːls ). 1922–2009, Danish physicist, noted for his work on nuclear structure. He shared the Nobel prize for physics 1975
  2. his father, Niels (Henrik David). 1885–1962, Danish physicist, who applied the quantum theory to Rutherford's model of the atom to explain spectral lines: Nobel prize for physics 1922
'Bohr' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bohr atom - Bohr magneton - Bohr radius - Bohr theory - Copenhagen interpretation - atomic unit of length - bohrium - electronic Bohr magneton - magneton - nuclear magneton - orbit - principal quantum number - quantum theory

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