Kirchhoff
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Kirchhoff (German ˈkɪrçhɔf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Gustav Robert (ˈɡʊstaf ˈroːbɛrt). 1824--87, German physicist. With Bunsen he developed the method of spectrum analysis that led to their discovery of caesium (1860) and rubidium (1861): also worked on electrical networks | |
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Kirchhoff
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Kirchhoff  (kîr'kôf') Pronunciation Key
German chemist who with Robert Bunsen discovered the elements cesium and rubidium. He also investigated the solar spectrum and researched electrical circuits and the flow of currents. His electromagnetic theory of diffraction is still the most commonly used in optics. |
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