Lambert
['læmbət]
Definition
(noun.) English composer and conductor (1905-1951).
(noun.) a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter.
Checker: Selma--From WordNet
Examples
- Lambert (1728-1777), Kant found a genius akin to his own, and through him hoped for a reformation of philosophy on the basis of the study of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We have seen that Pasteur was the son of a tanner, Priestley of a cloth-maker, Dalton of a weaver, Lambert of a tailor, Kant of a saddler, Watt of a shipbuilde r, Smith of a farmer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lambert had heard of Wright's work, so similar to his own, a year after the latter was written. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Lambert imagines that all these bodies have exactly the volume, weight, position, direction, and speed necessary for the avoidance of collisions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Manfred