Jensen
[ yen-zuh n for 1; yen-suh n for 2 ]
/ ˈyɛn zən for 1; ˈyɛn sən for 2 /
noun
J. Hans D.
[hahns] /hɑns/,1907–73,
German physicist: Nobel Prize 1963.
Jo·han·nes Vil·helm
[yaw-hah-nuh s vil-helm] /yɔˈhɑ nəs ˈvɪl hɛlm/,1873–1950,
Danish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1944.
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British Dictionary definitions for jensen
Jensen
/ (Danish ˈjɛnsən) /
noun
Johannes Vilhelm (joˈhanəs ˈvɪlhelm). 1873–1950, Danish novelist, poet, and essayist: best known for his novel sequence about the origins of mankind The Long Journey (1908–22). Nobel prize for literature 1944
Scientific definitions for jensen
Jensen
[ yĕn′zən ]
German physicist who, with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, developed a model of the atomic nucleus that explained why certain nuclei were stable and had an unusual number of stable isotopes. For this work, Jensen and Goeppert-Mayer shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for physics with American physicist Eugene Wigner.