Mach
[mɑk]
Definition
(noun.) Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
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Examples
- Outside, somebody was singing, in a manly, reckless handsome voice: 'Mach mir auf, mach mir auf, du Stolze, Mach mir ein Feuer von Holze. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The dampened and plastic papier maché sheets are beaten into the face of the type form by means of brushes, are then removed, dried, and used as moulds to cast the stereotype plate from. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Papier maché has been found to be a material peculiarly applicable for the purpose, and it is now superseding the use of plaster of Paris for taking casts of the types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Vance