Definition of Eigen

1. Noun. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).

Exact synonyms: Manfred Eigen
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eigen

Eichhorst's corpuscles
Eichhorst's neuritis
Eichman
Eichmann
Eichorn
Eicken's method
Eid
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr
Eid ul-Adha
Eid ul-Fitr
Eider
Eifel
Eiffel
Eiffel Tower
Eigen (current term)
Eight
Eight Section Brocade
Eighteenth Amendment
Eighty Years' War
Eijkman
Eileen
Eileen Farrell
Eilenberg-MacLane space
Eilenberg-MacLane spaces
Eimer
Eimeria of cattle
Eimeria of chickens
Eimeria of geese
Eimeria of pheasants

Literary usage of Eigen

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1. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being by HENRY. WACE (1880)
"(3>] [С. Н.] Eigen, in the legendary accounts of Wales,, has the honour of being regarded as the first: female saint among the Britons. ..."

2. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"E. ag An apparent exception is the non-inflection of eigen own: Das ist mein eigen. Here, however, eigen is a neut. substantive, which, tho once in common ..."

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