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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

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  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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  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. Reinhard Genzel:

    What I hope is understood is the importance of the Nobel Prize in making people aware of the importance of curiosity-driven science or arts.

  3. Reinhard Genzel:

    I find it almost a necessity to tell the public at large that there is truth, there is absolute truth, what I hope is understood is the importance of the Nobel Prize in making people aware of the importance of curiosity-driven science or arts.

  4. Martin Chalfie:

    I woke up at ten after six, and I realised that they must have given the Prize in Chemistry, so I simply said,' Okay, who's the schnook that got Nobel Prize this time ? .

  5. George Bernard Shaw:

    I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.


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