Alfvén

[ahl-veyn, al-]

noun

Han·nes (O·lof Gö·sta) [hahn-nes oo-lawf yœ-stah] , 1908–1995, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1970.

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Alfvén (alˈven)

—n
	Hannes Olaf Gösta (ˈhannɛs ˈuːlaf ˈjøsta). 1908--95, Swedish physicist, noted for his research on magnetohydrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1970

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