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bragg

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bragg.

Editorial note

Fort Bragg has been the transit point for most opiates imported to the US in the past 30 years.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bragg gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

A ghost town in Hardin County, Texas, United States.

noun

An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bragg.

noun

A surname.

noun

A ghost town in Hardin County, Texas, United States.

noun

An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Example sentences

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Fort Bragg has been the transit point for most opiates imported to the US in the past 30 years.

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The sidebar mentions heavier particles having a pronounced Bragg Peak[0] and also existing approaches like multi-beam targeting.

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The Cavendish Laboratory (which Bragg indeed headed) is/was the equivalent of a whole department or institute (of experimental physics, chemistry and biology).

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Oh yeah, and he threw in some Billy Bragg jokes and a Syndicalist flag.

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It very much reminds me of Glass Beach, near Fort Bragg California...

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I didnt understand why Bragg was solo'd out it seemed he wasnt even the primary undersigned.

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If credit went to the PI in that case, it would have gone to Bragg who was the head of the lab they worked in.

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Have you read any work by Paul Bragg before?

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Neutrons, being neutral particles, don't exhibit the Bragg Peak (large increase in energy deposition at the end of the particle's track) that you get for heavy charged particles.

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I trust Paul Bragg more than a biased health study.

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This sounds like a Melvyn Bragg radio show on BBC Radio 4...

Quote examples

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Deriving Bragg's law in front of my quals committee and refusing to use "mirror planes" despite it being a Materials Science Ph.

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- Billy Bragg" If I had to find a song to sum up TechStars investor day, this is it.

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Not specifically tech-related, but as far as general knowledge goes, the BBC's "In Our Time" with Melvyn Bragg is about as robust as they come.

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The BBC's "In Our Time" [1], a weekly discussion of history, science, literature, culture -- brilliantly moderated by Sir Melvyn Bragg.

Proper noun examples

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A topic is picked for each week and it consists of the host, Melvyn Bragg, and three experts on that topic.

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In the case of Billy Bragg, it is he who's trying to control Google's content.

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By complete coincidence, Bragg's law, used to do everything from X-Ray Diffraction to particle scattering, just happens to be a fourier transform.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bragg in a sentence?

Fort Bragg has been the transit point for most opiates imported to the US in the past 30 years.

What does bragg mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is bragg?

bragg is commonly used as noun.