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Bose
(bōs, bōz), Satyendra Nath 1894-1974. Indian physicist whose work in quantum mechanics provided the foundation for a statistical description of the behavior of large numbers of bosons.
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Bose
(bəʊs)n
1. (Biography) Sir Jagadis Chandra (dʒəɡəˈdiːs ˈtʃʌndrə). 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist
2. (Biography) Satyendra Nath (səˈtjɛndrə ˈnɑːθ). 1894–1974, Indian physicist, who collaborated with Einstein in devising Bose-Einstein statistics
3. (Biography) Subhas Chandra (sʊbˈhɑːʃ ˈtʃʌndrə), known as Netaji. 1897–1945, Indian nationalist leader; president of the Indian National Congress (1938–39); organized the Indian National Army, with Japanese support, in Singapore to free India from British Rule
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Bose
(boʊs)n.
Sir Jagadis Chandre, 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
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Noun | 1. | Bose - Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons |
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