muller
1an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
any of various mechanical devices for grinding.
Origin of muller
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Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.
Other definitions for Müller (4 of 4)
Jo·hann [yoh-hahn]. /ˈyoʊ hɑn/. Regiomontanus.
Jo·han·nes Pe·ter [yoh-hah-nuhs pey-ter], /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpeɪ tər/, 1801–58, German physiologist and comparative anatomist.
K. Alex Karl Alexander Müller, 1927–2023, Swiss physicist who, with J. Georg Bednorz, discovered superconductivity in ceramic materials: shared Nobel Prize in Physics 1987.
Max Friedrich Max Müller, [free-drik maks; German free-drikhmahks], /ˈfri drɪk mæks; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/, 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
Wil·helm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller, 1794–1827, German lyric poet noted for poems that became the basis of works by Franz Schubert and other composers.
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British Dictionary definitions for muller (1 of 3)
/ (ˈmʌlə) /
a flat heavy implement of stone or iron used to grind material against a slab of stone
Origin of muller
1British Dictionary definitions for Muller (2 of 3)
/ (ˈmʌlə) /
Hermann Joseph. 1890–1967, US geneticist, noted for his work on the transmutation of genes by X-rays: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1946
British Dictionary definitions for Müller (3 of 3)
/ (German ˈmylər) /
Friedrich Max (ˈfriːdrɪç maks). 1823–1900, British Sanskrit scholar born in Germany
Johann (joˈhan).: See Regiomontanus
Johannes Peter (joˈhanəs ˈpeːtər). 1801–58, German physiologist, anatomist, and experimental psychologist
Paul Hermann (paul ˈhɛrman). 1899–1965, Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT (1939) and discovered its use as an insecticide: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1948
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