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US
/ˈhɔfmən/
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NOUN
- German chemist (1818-1892)
- United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)
- German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)
- Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956)
How To Use Hoffmann In A Sentence
- His fictional Hoffmann is a great teller of tales, whose life is on the skids; Offenbach was a great entertainer, whose reputation had taken a turn for the worse, leaving him isolated and open to ferocious attack.
- Physical examination revealed a febrile, obtunded female, arousable to painful stimuli with no Babinski or Hoffmann signs.
- At this time, the spirochaete that causes syphilis was discovered by Schaudinn and Hoffmann in Berlin, and Ehrlich decided to seek Paul Ehrlich - Biography
- The sandman, traditionally the character that sprinkles dust into children's eyes to send them to sleep, is, here, a menacing creature that brings horror to children, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's novella ‘The Sandman’.
- The deputy judge quoted extensively from the speeches of Lord Nicholls and Lord Hoffmann.
- Les contes d'Hoffmann," which is now a co-edition with Jean-Christophe Keck, being published by a trio consortium of Schott Musik, Boosey&Hawkes, and Bote&Bock. Blog updates
- The discovery of aspirin is customarily said to have resulted from Felix Hoffmann's rheumatic father encouraging his son to produce a medicine devoid of the unpleasant effects of sodium salicylate.
- The name alludes to the Barcarole ariaa Venetian boat songfrom Jacques Offenbach's opera, Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
- In the judgment delivered by Lord Hoffmann, ¨their Lordships have no doubt that in the absence of express contrary agreement or statutory impediment, a contract by a bank to provide banking services to a customer is terminable upon reasonable notice. Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part I : Law is Cool
- The resulting kilns, known as the zigzag kilns, have a faster firing schedule than the Hoffmann kiln. Chapter 10