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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Nobel prizenoun

    an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace

GCIDE

  1. Nobel prizenoun

    Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel (1833-1896), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901. The monetary value of the awards have increased each year, to near one million U. S. dollars by the end of the 20th century. The awards are administered by the Nobel Foundation, which maintains a Web Page where the lists of prize winners and other information about the Nobel Prize may be found.

Wiktionary

  1. Nobel Prizenoun

    Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel.

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  1. nobel prize

    The Nobel Prize is a set of prestigious international awards given annually in several categories including Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. It was established by the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite. The prizes are presented to recipients who have made outstanding contributions in their respective fields, with the aim of promoting advancement and progress in human society. The prizes include a medal, a diploma, and a cash award.

Wikidata

  1. Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish philanthropist inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was created in 1968. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded by a Swedish organisation but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nobel prize in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nobel prize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nobel prize in a Sentence

  1. Emory University:

    With this honor, he becomes the first tenured faculty member at Emory to hold a Nobel Prize and the first tenured faculty member to have been a Emory University president, the principle undergirding tenure -- which essentially means a continuous post as a professor -- is to preserve academic freedom for those who teach and pursue research in higher education.

  2. James Allison:

    I'm still in sort of a state of shock, and this is all still sinking in, i was told by the Nobel Prize in Medicine committee when I was called this morning that this was the first prize they've ever given for cancer therapy.

  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

    We all know the situation developing around Mr Blatter right now. I don't want to go into details but I don't believe a word about him being inolved in corruption personally, i think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people.

  4. Robert Wilson:

    Paul Milgrom, it's Paul Milgrom, you've won Nobel Prize. And so Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson're trying to reach you, but Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson can not. Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson don't seem to have a number for you.

  5. Clifford Burgess:

    If this is true, then you have 90% odds that it will win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year.


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