English Explanatory Dictionary

bethe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of energy equivalent to 10⁵¹ ergs, or 10⁴⁴ joules.
name
  1. A surname from German.
  2. Ellipsis of Hans Bethe, a physicist.

Word forms

bethe bethes

Etymology

Decapitalization of Bethe. Coined by astrophysicist Gerald E. Brown. Named after astrophysicist Hans Bethe, his collaborator on papers where this value frequently occurs.

Synonyms

B. B foe

Derived words

B. B bethe Bethe ansatz Bethe cycle Bethe-Feynman formula Bethe formula Bethe lattice Bethe-Salpeter equation Bethe-Slater curve Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle Bethe-Weizsäcker formula Bethe-Weizsäcker process
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