LEEUWENHOEK

Meaning of LEEUWENHOEK in English

Pronunciation: ' l ā -v ə n- ˌ hu ̇ k

Function: biographical name

Antoni van 1632-1723 Du. naturalist

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LEEUWENHOEK — biographical name Antoni van 1632-1723 Dutch naturalist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEEUWENHOEK — /lay"veuhn hoohk'/ ; Du. /lay"yuu weuhn hoohk'/ , n. Anton van /ahn"tawn vahn/ , 1632-1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
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LEEUWENHOEK — biographical name Antoni van 1632-1723 Dutch naturalist
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LEEUWENHOEK — Leeuwenhoek
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEEUWENHOEK — Leeuwenhoek
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LEEUWENHOEK — Leeuwenhoek
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LEEUWENHOEK — Leeuwenhoek
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LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONIE VAN — born Oct. 24, 1632, Delft, Neth. died Aug. 26, 1723, Delft Dutch microscopist. In his youth he was apprenticed to …
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LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONIE VAN — born Oct. 24, 1632, Delft, Neth. died Aug. 26, 1723, Delft Leeuwenhoek, detail of a portrait by Jan Verkolje; in …
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LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONIE VAN — born Oct. 24, 1632, Delft, Neth. died Aug. 26, 1723, Delft Dutch microscopist. In his youth he was apprenticed to …
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ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK — Левенгук, Антони ван
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MICROSCOPE — Instrument that produces enlarged images of small objects, allowing them to be viewed at a scale convenient for examination and …
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PROTOZOOLOGY — the study of protozoans. The science had its beginnings in the latter half of the 17th century when Antonie van …
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MICROSCOPE
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HEMATOLOGY — also spelled Haematology, branch of medical science concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. The first step …
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CELL DIVISION — the process by which cells reproduce. See meiosis; mitosis. Internal membranes The presence of internal membranes distinguishes eukaryotic cells (cells …
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BACTERIOLOGY — branch of microbiology dealing with the study of bacteria. The beginnings of bacteriology paralleled the development of the microscope. The …
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SPALLANZANI, LAZZARO
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DELFT — gemeente (commune), Zuid-Holland provincie, western Netherlands. It lies along the canalized Schie River between Rotterdam and The Hague. Founded in …
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BOERHAAVE MUSEUM — byname of Royal Museum Of The History Of Natural And Exact Sciences, Dutch Rijksmuseum Voor De Geschiedenis Van Der Natuurwetenschappen …
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TELESCOPE — n. Device that collects light from and magnifies images of distant objects, undoubtedly the most important investigative tool in astronomy …
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MICROSCOPE — n. Instrument that produces enlarged images of small objects, allowing them to be viewed at a scale convenient for examination …
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VAN
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ZOOLOGIST — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Zoologists and Naturalists Agassiz, Louis (American, b. in Switzerland) Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van (Dutch) Bonnet, …
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GERM — n. 1 micro-organism, microbe, bacterium, virus, Colloq bug Germs were not conceived of before Leeuwenhoek's invention of the microscope 2 …
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MICROSCOPE, SIMPLE — A microscope that has a single converging lens (or a combination of lenses that function optically as a single converging …
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ЛЕВЕНГУК, АНТОНИ ВАН — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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ЛЕВЕНГУК — (Leeuwenhoek, Anton van) (1632-1723), голландский натуралист, основоположник микроскопии. Родился 24 октября 1632 в Делфте. Работал в мануфактурной лавке в Амстердаме, …
Русский словарь Colier

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