Nernst

[ nairnst, nurnst; German nernst ]

noun
  1. Wal·ther Her·man [vahl-tuhr-her-mahn], /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/, 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.

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Nernst

/ (German nɛrnst) /


noun
  1. Walther Hermann (ˈvaltər ˈhɛrman). 1864–1941, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics: Nobel prize for chemistry 1920

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