Eötvös
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Eötvös is an old spelling of the word Hungarian: ötvös (means "gold & silversmith")
| Eötvös Family Name |
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| Pronunciation | [ˈøtvøʃ] |
| Meaning | silversmith, goldsmith, etc. |
| Region of origin | Hungarian-speaking area (primary Hungary) |
| Language of origin | Hungarian language |
| Related names | Faber, Fabri, Fabricius; Goldschmidt (German: Goldschmied), Silberschmidt; Polish: Złotnik, Zlotnik (e.g. Asher Zlotnik); Hebrew: צורף tzôrēf, e.g. Joshua Heschel Zoref, Amir Tzoref (he), etc. |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Eötvös" |
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Eötvös can refer to one of several Hungarian people:
- József Eötvös, Baron de Vásárosnamény (1813, Buda - 1871), a Hungarian statesman and author
- Loránd Eötvös, Baron de Vásárosnamény (1848 - 1919), a Hungarian physicist
- Zoltán Eötvös (1891, Tokaj - 1936), a Hungarian speed skater
- Peter Eötvös (born 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc), composer and conductor
- József Eötvös (born 1962, Pécs), a Hungarian guitar player
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- Fülöp Beck(-)Ö(tvös). (Hungarian: Beck Ötvös Fülöp; 1873, Pápa - 1945, Budapest), a Hungarian sculptor, medal maker (hu)
[edit] Otvos
- Jim Otvos
- (Laurenţiu) Marcel Otvoş (born 1982, Buzău), a Romanian football player
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Eötvös can also refers to several concepts and a place, all named for Loránd Eötvös:
- an eotvos, a unit of gravitational gradient
- the Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
- the Eötvös experiment, an experiment determining the correlation between gravitational and inertial mass.
- the Eötvös number, a concept in fluid dynamics
- the Eötvös (crater) on the moon
- the Eötvös rule for predicting surface tension dependent on temperature
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