Associations to the word «Franck»

Dictionary definition

FRANCK, noun. French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890).
FRANCK, noun. United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.