w. von braun
noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910--45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945 |
| 2. | Karl Ferdinand. 1850--1918, German physicist, who invented crystal diodes (leading to the development of crystal radio) and the oscilloscope. He shared the Nobel prize for physics (1909) with Marconi |
| 3. | See (Wernher) von Braun |
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W. von braun
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Braun
German manufacturing company, named for founder Max Braun, mechanical engineer in Frankfurt am Main (1921).
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