van't Hoff

[ vahnt hawf ]

noun
  1. Ja·co·bus Hen·dri·cus [yah-koh-bœs hen-dree-kœs], /yɑˈkoʊ bœs hɛnˈdri kœs/, 1852–1911, Dutch chemist: Nobel Prize 1901.

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British Dictionary definitions for van't Hoff

van't Hoff

/ (Dutch vɑnt ˈhɔf) /


noun
  1. Jacobus Hendricus (jaːˈkoːbys hɛnˈdriːkœs). 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist: founded stereochemistry with his theory of the asymmetric carbon atom; the first to apply thermodynamics to chemical reactions: Nobel prize for chemistry 1901

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