(n) United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957), Syn. Irving Langmuir
[じんむいらい;じんむこのかた, jinmuirai ; jinmukonokata] (adj-no, n-adv, n-t) since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented