Definition of Junkers

1. Noun. German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935).

Exact synonyms: Hugo Junkers
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist

Definition of Junkers

1. Noun. (plural of Junker) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of junker) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Junkers

1. junker [n] - See also: junker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Junkers

Junie
Junin virus
Junior Circuit
Junipero Serra
Juniperus
Juniperus bermudiana
Juniperus communis
Juniperus communis depressa
Juniperus flaccida
Juniperus horizontalis
Juniperus procera
Juniperus sabina
Juniperus silicicola
Juniperus virginiana
Junker
Junkers (current term)
Juno
Juno Moneta
Junod
Junod's boot
Junoesque
Junonian
Jupati palm
Jupiter
Jupiter's beard
Jupiter's staff
Jupiter Fidius
Jupiter Fulgur
Jupiter Fulminator
Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Literary usage of Junkers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines by Bryan Donkin (1905)
"This interesting and important instrument, designed and made by Junkers, ... Junkers Gas Calorimeter, with Gas Meter, &c. a current of water passing round a ..."

2. The Crime by Richard Grelling (1919)
"Let us hope that after the bitter experience of this war the deluded and enslaved German nation will find the strength to free itself from the Junkers, ..."

3. Power Plant Testing: A Manual of Testing Engines, Turbines, Boilers, Pumps by James Ambrose Moyer (1913)
"Junkers Calorimeter with Auxiliary ' ...... a group of small tubes arranged ... 267) is provided to collect the iA modification of Junkers' calorimeter is ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"... as a matter of fact, the Junkers really directed the State by filling all the Court posts, and nearly all the high military and official positions. ..."

5. Land and Marine Diesel Engines by Giorgio Supino (1915)
"Tandem Cylinders of Junkers Engine, equivalent to Double-Acting Engine. The advantages of the Junkers system may be enumerated as follows :— (1) The ..."

6. Technical Gas and Fuel Analysis by Alfred Holmes White (1913)
"In the Junkers continuous calorimeter the ratio — is kept constant by passing both gas and inlet water through meters whose drums are geared together by a ..."

7. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"... embrace servitude than fight for freedom. They have a conscientious objection to—danger. How far the Dutch Junkers deserve Raemaekers' satire it is ..."

8. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"The determination is, however, customarily made with a calorimeter of the continuous type, such as that devised by Junkers. This instrument is primarily ..."

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