English Explanatory Dictionary

Haber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.
  2. German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

Word forms

Haber

Etymology

* As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver. * Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).

Derived words

Haber process Born-Haber cycle Haber syndrome Haber world
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