nobel prizes
31Nobel laureate — winner of a Nobel prize (Nobel prizes are given for outstanding achievements in various professional fields) …
32Nobel prize — /noʊbɛl ˈpraɪz/ (say nohbel pruyz) noun an international prize awarded annually for outstanding achievement during the preceding year; six Nobel prizes are awarded, for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, the promotion of… …
33Nobel,Alfred Bernhard — No·bel (nō bĕlʹ), Alfred Bernhard. 1833 1896. Swedish chemist and engineer who invented dynamite (1866) and bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. * * * …
34Nobel — No|bel, Al|fred (1833 96) a Swedish engineer and ↑chemist who invented ↑dynamite (=a powerful explosive substance) and became very wealthy from his factories that produced explosives. When he died, he left all his money to establish the ↑Nobel… …
35Nobel prize — No*bel prize .; pl. {No*bel prizes}. Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel (1833 1896), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for… …
36Prizes (novel) — Prizes is a 1995 novel by Erich Segal. It tells stories of three principal characters: Adam Coopersmith (a genius immnuologist), Isabel Da Costa (a child prodigy who goes to win the Nobel prize in physics) and Sandy Raven (a cell biologist who is …
37Nobel Prize — ► NOUN ▪ any of six international prizes awarded annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. ORIGIN named after the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel… …
38Nobel prize — UK US noun [C] ► one of the six international prizes given each year to people who have made important discoveries or progress in chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, peace, or economics: »the Nobel Peace Prize …
39Nobel — 1900, in reference to five prizes (in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace) established in the will of Alfred Nobel (1833 1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, inventor of dynamite. A sixth prize, in economics, was added in 1969.… …
40Nobel prize — n. any of the annual international prizes given by the Nobel Foundation for distinction in physics, chemistry, economics, medicine or physiology, and literature, and for promoting peace …
