ALBERT

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• ALBERT (noun)
  The noun ALBERT has 1 sense:

1. prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

  Familiarity information: ALBERT used as a noun is very rare.

• ALBERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Albert; Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel; Prince Albert

Instance hypernyms:

prince consort (a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign)

 Context examples 

However, the unexpected presence of a disk so close to a black hole offers a unique opportunity to test Albert Einstein's theories of relativity.

(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)

"We lost 98 percent of the wildebeest population, 75 percent of the zebra population and 30 percent of the elephant population," said Susan Alberts, a biologist at Duke University.

(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)

This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos.

(Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein's Prediction, NASA)

Research published by Albert Le Floch and Guy Ropars of French University of Rennes claims dyslexia may be caused by the way the photoreceptors in their eyes are arranged.

(Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, Wikinews)

So far, DES has found no evidence that the amount of dark energy has changed over time — a finding that is consistent with Albert Einstein's idea of a "cosmological constant."

(New Clues to Universe's Structure Revealed, NASA)

First predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago, the warping of space by the gravity of a massive foreground object can brighten and distort the images of far more distant background objects.

(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)

It is now common knowledge the promoters might have ventured upon the Albert Hall and still found their space too scanty.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine microbiologist William Jacobs and colleagues previously discovered by accident that antioxidants like vitamin C stopped TB bacteria in a test tube from becoming persisters.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, have discovered the secret to the gene's success: The enzyme it codes for generates a compound that stops viruses from replicating.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Was dressed, when last seen, in black frock-coat faced with silk, black waistcoat, gold Albert chain, and grey Harris tweed trousers, with brown gaiters over elastic-sided boots.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)