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Hawking
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Haw·king  (hôkng), Stephen William Born 1942.
British theoretical physicist noted for his research into the origin of the universe. His work influenced the development of the big bang and black hole theories.
hawking [ˈhɔːkɪŋ]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) another name for falconry
Hawking [ˈhɔːkɪŋ]
n
(Biographies / Hawking, Stephen William (1942 M, British, SCIENCE: physicist, WRITING: science writer) Stephen William. born 1942, British physicist. Stricken with a progressive nervous disease since the 1960s, he has nevertheless been a leader in cosmological theory. His A Brief History of Time (1987) was a bestseller
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Noun1.Hawking - English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)
Stephen Hawking, Stephen William Hawking
2.Hawking - the act of selling goods for a livinghawking - the act of selling goods for a living
peddling, vending, vendition
marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
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hawking
n → (Falken)beize f, → Falkenjagd f
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