Leiden
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6.1
- proper noun
- /ˈlaɪdən/
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Leiden
- After Göttingen, I moved on to Leiden in Holland, where I first met Isidor Rabi.
- Leiden University
- factor V Leiden
- Leiden mutation
So I also spoke to Fritz Zwayan, a PhD student from Leiden University, about his findings.
- So I also spoke to Fritz Zwayan, a PhD student from Leiden University, about his findings.
- She goes to The Hague after spending a little time in Leiden, where she finishes her school.
Examples
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In 1981, I was invited to lecture at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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Frederik Ruysch received his medical degree from Leiden University in 1664.
Academic text (1996) -
The study was approved by the Leiden University Medical Center medical ethics committee.
Academic text (2013) -
There's only one copy of this specific text and that is here in the Leiden Museum.
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She goes to The Hague after spending a little time in Leiden, where she finishes her school.
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Van Dishoeck received a PhD in natural sciences from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1984.
Academic text (1993) -
Dr. Paltansing is a clinical microbiologist in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
Academic text (2013) -
Solving the mystery of the Leiden jar and recognising lightning as merely a kind of electricity were two great successes for Franklin and the new Enlightenment movement.
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The study was approved by the Leiden University Medical Center medical ethics committee.
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Both men were educated at Leiden University, and both clashed with the societies in which they lived.
Synonyms
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8.5
A city in western Netherlands known for an old university and for links to the Pilgrim Fathers
Compounds
- Archaic
A glass jar that stores static electricity with metal foil inside and outside
Surface Forms
Etymology
Leiden comes from an old local word meaning 'water' or 'canal', because the town grew beside rivers and waterways. So a helpful way to remember Leiden is as the 'place by the water', which fits its many canals and its long history as a university city.