Associations to the word «Lenard»

Wiktionary

LENARD RAY, noun. (dated) One of the rays that emanate from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cathode rays, such as aluminium, which forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the cathode.
LENARD RAYS, noun. Plural of Lenard ray
LENARD TUBE, noun. A tube for producing Lenard rays.
LENARD TUBES, noun. Plural of Lenard tube

Dictionary definition

LENARD, noun. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats