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Hahn

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noun

  1. Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.


Hahn

/ łó˛šË˛Ô /

noun

  1. HahnKurt18861974MGermanEDUCATION: educationalist Kurt. 1886–1974, German educationalist. During the Nazi era he escaped to Britain, where he founded Gordonstoun School (1935) and helped to establish the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme
  2. HahnOtto18791968MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Otto (ˈɔto). 1879–1968, German physicist: discovered the radioactive element protactinium with Meitner (1917); with Strassmann, demonstrated the nuclear fission of uranium, when it is bombarded with neutrons: Nobel prize for chemistry 1944
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Hahn

/ łóä˛Ô /

  1. German chemist who investigated radioactive elements and helped discover several new ones. His research on the irradiation on uranium and thorium with neutrons led to the 1938 discovery of nuclear fission.
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Clarissa Hahn, economist at Oxford Economics, says this means that the initial impact of price rises will be on US consumers, as American firms are likely to pass on the extra costs to their customers.

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“When the next disaster hits, we need to be better prepared to evacuate people who cannot evacuate themselves,” Hahn said in a statement.

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Hahn said she couldn’t make sense of the former sheriff’s accusation.

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The most consistent offender is Armando Herman, who is barred from coming within 100 yards of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, where the county Board of Supervisors meets each week.

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“Is adaptive reuse of the Hahn building for an art museum’s needs even possible?”

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