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PRONUNCIATION OF OORT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OORT

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Oort is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oort

Jan Oort

Jan Hendrik Oort ForMemRS was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. His New York Times obituary called him “one of the century's foremost explorers of the universe;” the European Space Agency website describes him as, “one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century,” and states that he “revolutionised astronomy through his ground-breaking discoveries.” In 1955, Oort’s name appeared in Life Magazine’s list of the 100 most famous living people. He has been described as “putting the Netherlands in the forefront of postwar astronomy.” Oort determined that the Milky Way rotates and overturned the idea that the sun is at its center; he discovered mysterious invisible 'dark matter' in 1932 which is believed to make up more than 90% of the Universe and whose gravitational pull causes “the clustering of stars into galaxies and galaxies into connecting strings of galaxies.” He discovered the galactic halo, a group of stars orbiting the Milky Way but outside the main disk.

Definition of Oort in the English dictionary

The definition of Oort in the dictionary is Jan Hendrick. 1900–92, Dutch astronomer, who confirmed and developed the theory of galactic rotation. He was the first to propose the existence of a mass of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OORT

Oort cloud
oose
oosperm
oosphere
oospore
oosporic
oosporous
Oostende

WORDS THAT END LIKE OORT

airport
comfort
Dort
effort
escort
export
fort
import
means of transport
mort
ort
port
rapport
report
resort
short
sort
sport
support
transport

Synonyms and antonyms of Oort in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Oort» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

奥尔特
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Oort
570 millions of speakers

English

Oort
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊर्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أورت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Оорта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Oort
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওর্ট
260 millions of speakers

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Oort
220 millions of speakers

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Oort
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Oort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オールト
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Translator English - Korean

오르 트
85 millions of speakers

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Oort
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Oort
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Translator English - Tamil

ஊர்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओरर्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oort
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Oort
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Oorta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Оорта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Oort
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Oort
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Oort
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Translator English - Swedish

Oorts
10 millions of speakers
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Oort
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OORT»

Discover the use of Oort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Oort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Physics of Climate
"A superb reference". -- Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research". -- Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth".
José Pinto Peixoto, Abraham H. Oort, 1992
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Challenging Children: Imaginative Activities to Inspire ...
This book aims to challenge pupils to activate their dormant linguistic abilities, to use vocabulary, and to become fully engaged in the learning process.
Henk van Oort, 2005
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14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud: ...
Fact 10: The Oort Cloud may have been formed with the sun Astronomers are not sure how the Oort Cloud Objects got all the way out there. They do think that the Oort Cloud Objects were formed closer to the Sun than the Kuiper Belt Objects.
Jeannie Meekins
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The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
This pattern of local differential motions lends credence both to Oort's analysis and to Shapley's view that the Sun lies in an off-center position in the Galaxy. Second, the quantitative measurements allow an assessment of the amount of shear ...
Frank H. Shu, 1982
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Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective
Therefore, objects on the outer fringe of the Oort cloud (i.e., around 100,000 AU) are only weakly attracted by the Sun and may drift away into interstellar space. As a result, the outer limit of the Oort cloud is not specifically defined. Objects that ...
Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 2007
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Leiden Oriental Connections: 1850 - 1940
Oort en de Talmoed', Israelietische Nieuwsbode, 30 januari, 6 and 13 februari 1880; a corrected reprint appeared separately under this title (Amsterdam, 1880). 40 The following publications resulted from it: Oort responded Tal with some ...
W. Otterspeer, 1989
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Higher-dimensional Geometry Over Finite Fields
Research and Oxford Univ. Press 1970 (2nd printing 1974). [48] A. Néron – Mod` eles minimaux des variétés abéliennes sur les corps locaux et globaux. Publ. Math. IHES 21, 1964. [49] F. Oort – Commutative group schemes. Lect. Notes Math.
Dmitri Kaledin, Yuri Tschinkel, 2008
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Jerusalem and Babylon: A Study Into Augustine's City of God ...
This book provides a new introduction to Augustine's "City of God" and his doctrine of the two cities, sources of this doctrine in Manichaeism, (Neo)Platonism and the pre- Augustinian Jewish and Jewish-Christian traditions.
J. Vanoort, Johannes “van” Oort, 1991
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Comets: Nature, Dynamics, Origin, and their Cosmogonical ...
It is clear that as a approaches afill the Jupiter-Saturn barrier becomes more “ permeable” since Oort cloud comets require less steps to reach perihelion distances q < qobs . The passage through the Jupiter-Saturn barrier is a process that ...
Julio A. Fernández, 2006
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Man Discovers the Galaxies
Jan H. Oort: 1900- Jan Oort, who began his studies at Leiden, the Netherlands, near where his family lived, went to study at Groningen, under the famous astronomer Kapteyn. This move was advised by an astronomer at Leiden who himself ...
Richard Berendzen, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OORT»

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Banker's Dozen
The Far Worlds were in the Oort Cloud, a sphere of debris orbiting half a light year from the Sun. One of the Far Worlds had once been ... «EDGE Boston, Jul 15»
2
Dietary counselling and nutritional support in oropharyngeal cancer …
Article | PubMed |; Jager-Wittenaar H, Dijkstra P, Vissink A, Oort R, Laan BAM, Roodenburg JN. Malnutrition in patients treated for oral or ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Examining Microsoft Edge Browser Performance
One of the biggest improvements though was the WebGL performance in the Oort Online benchmark, which went from terrible to good. «AnandTech, Jul 15»
4
Water quality: Farmers, landowners step up with new practices
... to talk with their local agronomist to find a crop that will work for them, said David Van Oort, agronomy sales for Farmers Cooperative Society. «Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Jul 15»
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The Year of Pluto
As Samar Shool, Pixeldust's CG Supervisor on this project, explains, the assignment was to digitally re-create the Kuiper Belt and the Oort ... «Computer Graphics World, Jul 15»
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Leaked files of NASA's 'Planet X' indicate NASA knew Nibiru was …
... announced the discovery of the dwarf planet 2012 VP113, which is believed to be part of the inner Oort Cloud and this work was a proof that ... «Techworm, Jul 15»
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Like Minecraft? Try these 7 engaging world builders, too
Oort Online. This massive multiplayer sandbox that lets players travel between multiple worlds is only in alpha testing, but early fans say it has ... «eSchool News, Jul 15»
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Pixeldust Animates Journey to Pluto
“Our assignment here was to digitally recreate the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud based on Tony Dunn's Gravity Simulator point cloud data ... «Animation Magazine, Jul 15»
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Google Aims to Change the World with Eddystone
In the not too distant future, consumers will be able to purchase various internet-connected appliances powered by OORT. The largest ... «IoT Evolution World, Jul 15»
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Cisco, DT & Intel Announce IoT Startup Picks
OORT (Poland) www.oort.in OORT is a unique patent-pending technology that allowed to build an open ecosystem consisting of smart devices, ... «Light Reading, Jul 15»

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