Muller
['mʌlə] or ['mʌlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a vessel in which wine is mulled.
(noun.) United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967).
(noun.) British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900).
(noun.) German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476).
(noun.) German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858).
(noun.) Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927).
(noun.) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965).
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, mulls.
(n.) A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
(n.) A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.
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Definition
n. a glass pestle for mixing paints: a mechanical pulveriser.
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Examples
- This line of argument seems to have had great weight in leading Fritz Muller to accept the views maintained by me in this volume. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The correction for the aberration of light is said by Muller not to be perfect even in that most perfect organ, the human eye. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- With crustaceans not only many trivial, but some important parts assume a new character, as recorded by Fritz Muller, after maturity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Fritz Muller, in order to test the conclusions arrived at in this volume, has followed out with much care a nearly similar line of argument. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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