WEGENER

Meaning of WEGENER in English

Pronunciation: ' v ā -g ə -n ə r

Function: biographical name

Alfred Lothar 1880-1930 Ger. geophysicist & meteorologist

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WEGENER — biographical name Alfred Lothar 1880-1930 German geophysicist & meteorologist
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WEGENER — /vay"geuh neuhrdd/ , n. Alfred Lothar /ahl"frddayt loh"tahrdd, loh tahrdd"/ , 1880-1930, German meteorologist and geophysicist: originated theory of continental …
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WEGENER — biographical name Alfred Lothar 1880-1930 German geophysicist & meteorologist
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WEGENER, ALFRED (LOTHAR) — born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died Nov. 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist. After earning a Ph.D. in astronomy …
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WEGENER HYPOTHESIS — ˈvāgənə(r)- noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Alfred L. Wegener died 1930 German geophysicist : a hypothesis in geology …
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WEGENER, ALFRED LOTHAR — born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died November 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement …
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WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS — uncommon disorder marked by inflammation and necrosis (death of tissue) of small blood vessels. The disease commonly occurs in mid-adult …
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WEGENER, ALFRED LOTHAR — born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died Nov. 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist. After earning a Ph.D. in astronomy …
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WEGENER, ALFRED — born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died Nov. 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist. After earning a Ph.D. in astronomy …
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LOTHAR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Lothar of Segni Lothar II Lothar I {{link=Wegener Alfred Lothar">Wegener Alfred Lothar Metternich Winneburg …
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT — Large-scale movements of continent s over the course of geologic time. The first complete theory of continental drift was proposed …
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ALFRED — I known as Alfred the Great born 849 died 899 King of Wessex (871–99) in southwestern England. He joined his …
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DISPLACEMENT THEORY — noun : wegener hypothesis
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT — noun : a hypothetical slow movement of the continents on a supposed deep-seated viscous or plastic zone within the earth …
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PANGAEA — /pan jee"euh/ , n. Geol. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 …
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT — the large-scale horizontal movements of continents relative to one another and to the ocean basins during one or more episodes …
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PANGAEA — (from Greek pangaia, all earth), hypothetical protocontinent proposed by the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912 as a part of …
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LAURASIA — hypothetical continental mass in the Northern Hemisphere that included North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India). Its existence was …
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KOPPEN, WLADIMIR — Additional reading Else Wegener-Kppen, Wladimir Kppen, ein Gelehrtenleben (1955), is a scholarly biography by Kppen's daughter.
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GONDWANALAND — also called Gondwana, hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included South America, Africa, peninsular India, Australia, and Antarctica. …
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EXPRESSIONISM
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OVERSEE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN agency ▪ A price review board, created as an independent agency in 1987, oversees …
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MAY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE early ▪ There was a trial in early May this year, to determine whether …
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FOUNDATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a foundation course British English (= a general course that students do in the first …
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DARING — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bold/daring move (= taking a lot of courage ) ▪ The writers made …
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An earth science example is the publication of Wegener's theory of continental drift in 1912. …
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CONTINENTAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a continental breakfast (= coffee and bread with butter and jam ) ▪ Continental breakfast …
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CATEGORY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a broad category ▪ Our range of programmes fall into three broad categories. distinct types/groups/categories …
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT — Large-scale movements of continent s over the course of geologic time. The first complete theory of continental drift was proposed …
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PANGEA — or Pangaea Hypothetical protocontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 as part of his theory of continental drift . Pangea …
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LOTHAR — Faber Lothar von Lothar of Segni Lothar II Lothar I Wegener Alfred Lothar Metternich Winneburg Beilstein Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar …
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