eigen-

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own (adjective)
<span class="word-self">eigenspan>
(Dilbilim) (combining form from German eigen meaning 'own') (Mathematics & Physics) Proper; characteristic
Manfred <span class="word-self">Eigenspan>
born May 9, 1927, Bochum, Ger. German physicist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1951. He shared a 1967 Nobel Prize with Ronald Norrish (1897-1978) and George Porter (b. 1920) for work on extremely rapid chemical reactions. His methods, called relaxation techniques, involve applying bursts of energy to a solution and following the rates of subsequent changes (flash photolysis); reactions thus studied include hydrogen ion formation during water dissociation and keto-enol tautomerism
<span class="word-self">eigenspan>
German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927)
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eigen-

    Etymology

    () From the German eigen ("own"). Many of the compounds represent partial translations from German, e.g. eigenvalue from the German Eigenwert.
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