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PRONUNCIATION OF UREY

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Urey is a noun.
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WHAT DOES UREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Urey

Harold Urey

Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium. He played a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, but may be most prominent for his contribution to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter. Born in Walkerton, Indiana, Urey studied thermodynamics under Gilbert N. Lewis at the University of California. After he received his PhD in 1923, he was awarded a fellowship by the American-Scandinavian Foundation to study at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. He was a research associate at Johns Hopkins University before becoming an associate professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. In 1931, he began work with the separation of isotopes that resulted in the discovery of deuterium. During World War II Urey turned his knowledge of isotope separation to the problem of uranium enrichment. He headed the group located at Columbia University that developed isotope separation using gaseous diffusion. The method was successfully developed, becoming the sole method used in the early post-war period.

Definition of Urey in the English dictionary

The definition of Urey in the dictionary is Harold Clayton. 1893–1981, US chemist, who discovered the heavy isotope of hydrogen, deuterium, and worked on methods of separating uranium isotopes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1934.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UREY


curie
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Dioscuri
ˌdaɪɒsˈkjʊərɪ
electuary
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estuary
ˈɛstjʊərɪ
fury
ˈfjʊərɪ
January
ˈdʒænjʊərɪ
megacurie
ˈmeɡəˌkjʊərɪ
microcurie
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkjʊərɪ
millicurie
ˈmɪlɪˌkjʊərɪ
Newry
ˈnjʊərɪ
obituary
əˈbɪtjʊərɪ
ossuary
ˈɒsjʊərɪ
residuary
rɪˈzɪdjʊərɪ
sanctuary
ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ
statuary
ˈstætjʊərɪ
sumptuary
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textuary
ˈtɛkstjʊərɪ
usufructuary
ˌjuːzjʊˈfrʌktjʊərɪ
Venturi
vɛnˈtjʊərɪ
voluptuary
vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UREY

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urgingly
Uri
Uriah

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Aubrey
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Humphrey
iron grey
Jeffrey
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osprey
prey
silver-grey
storey
surrey
trey
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UREY»

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New Scientist
PROFILE : Harold C. Urey | He is tracing the genesis of the world PROFESSOR UREY was just about sick of making isotopes by the time the second World War broke out. After 1931, when his quiet researches into light and chemical action ...
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LIFE
No novice to the American Chemical Society is Columbia's Dr. Harold Clayton Urey (left), 1934 Nobel Prize-winner in chemistry. For many years Dr. Urey has provided chemists with food for thought and new substances for experimentation.
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Hydrogen: The Essential Element
intended outcome and Urey detected no enhanced presence of deuterium in the Balmer spectral lines. In his next try, Brickwedde evaporated liquid hydrogen at a lower temperature of 14K. The sample of hydrogen resulting from this ...
John S. Rigden, 2003
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Meteorites, Comets, and Planets: Treatise on Geochemistry, ...
This volume is dedicated to Harold C. Urey, who is widely regarded as the father of cosmochemistry. Urey won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium. Urey's fascination with the solar system came after his move to ...
A.M. Davis, 2005
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Extraterrestrial Life: An Anthology and Bibliography
32 Scientia 58, 30-38 (1935) 20 28 Urey, H. C, The structure and chemical composition of Mars. Phys. Rev. 80, 295 (1950) 20 23 24 Urey, H. C, The origin and development of the Earth and other terrestrial 25 28 planets. Geochim. Cosmochim ...
Elie A. Shneour, Eric A. Ottesen, 1966
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Perspectives on Minority Influence
Urey was frustrated with Kuiper's enthusiasm for Eucken's ideas for another reason: They undermined results obtained through Urey's chemical fractionation research, including discovery of the Drey-Craig meteorite groups. As he angrily ...
Serge Moscovici, Gabriel Mugny, Eddy van Avermaet, 1985
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New Scientist
A doughty chemist Richard Fifield HAROLD UREY, who died at his home in La Jolla, California, on 5 January, is probably best remembered as the discoverer in 1931 of deuterium (heavy hydrogen). The idea that hydrogen might have such an  ...
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Lawrence and His Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence ...
Lawrence lost no time informing Urey of the miraculous appearance of C14 and in asking him for a sample of purified C13 to serve as a target for Kamen. That, he intimated, would be the true value of Urey's separation process; C14 would not ...
J. L. Heilbron, Robert W. Seidel, 1989
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A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Fruitful Encounters
Urey agreed that there were difficulties with his idea, and wished that "I had stuck to my model for the meteorites and claimed that the Moon was one of these objects." The problem was, as O'Keefe said, that "it is necessary to have removed the ...
Stephen G. Brush, 1996
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Cathedrals of Science : The Personalities and Rivalries That ...
It seems not improbable that workers in Urey's own laboratory as well as those at Princeton could have achieved the same results if they had only used Washburn's suggestions unconnected with Lewis's work regarding of heavy hydrogen.39 It ...
Office for the History of Science and Technology University of California Patrick Coffey Visiting Scholar, Berkeley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UREY»

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Benoni Urey: USC grad and former Los Angeles resident poised to …
Los Angeles, California; – Benoni Urey, who, as a young man, once studied at the University of Southern California, and graced the very streets of; Los Angeles, ... «Los Angeles Post-Examiner, May 15»
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 376: The Miller-Urey Experiment
Evolution explains how life adapts and evolves over eons. But how did life originate? Chemists Miller and Urey put the raw chemicals of life into a solution, ... «Universe Today, May 15»
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Clemenceau Urey Liberia Oil Company Bribery Trial Set For May
Urey's first motion which was filed along with co-defendant Stephen Dunbar to the court to have the indictment against them dismissed was denied by the court. «Front Page Africa, Apr 15»
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In Economic Sabotage Case: Urey suffers major setback Featured
It could be recalled that few months ago, Mr. Urey and nine other co-defendants were indicted for the crimes of Economic Sabotage, Bribery and Criminal ... «Heritage, Apr 15»
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Urey Vs Brumskine
Counselor Charles Walker Brumskine's tribal campaign strategy has received sharp slap in the face from Presidential hopeful Benoni Urey, who describes such ... «AllAfrica.com, Apr 15»
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President Implicated in NOCAL US$120K 'Bribery' Case
Lawyers seeking to exonerate former board chair of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), Mr. Clemenceau Urey, of his alleged involvement in the ... «Liberian Daily Observer, Apr 15»
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Court Denies Urey, Dunbar Motion to Dismiss Indictment
Defendants Clemenceau Urey and Stephen Dunbar, who are both jointly facing trial along with others on charges of Economic Sabotage, bribery and criminal ... «Front Page Africa, Mar 15»
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'Nimba County Key to Presidency' - Benoni Urey Affirms
Butuo — President Hopeful Benoni Urey has warned Nimbaians not to vote strangers and politicians who will dish out cash to them and forget them while in ... «AllAfrica.com, Mar 15»
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Urey: I Owe No One Apology; Backs TRC Implementation
The former Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA), Benoni W. Urey, says he owes nobody an apology for working for the defunct government of ... «Front Page Africa, Feb 15»
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'Enemies of Liberia': Urey Frowns of Sale of Oil Blocks
Monrovia - Liberian businessman Benoni Urey has described the recent sale of some of Liberian oil blocks as stealing the wealth of the country, calling on ... «Front Page Africa, Dec 14»

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