(n) German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846), Syn. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

bessemer

(n) British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898), Syn. Sir Henry Bessemer

bessemer converter

(n) a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process

bessemer process

(n) an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost

bessera

(n) small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae, Syn. genus Bessera

besseya

(n) genus of North American spring wildflowers, Syn. genus Besseya

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bessemer steel

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Besseya

n. a genus of North American spring wildflowers.
Syn. -- genus Besseya. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Besserung { f }; Verbesserung { f } | Besserungen { pl }; Verbesserungen { pl }

betterment | betterments

Besserung { f }; Verbesserung { f }

reform

Besserung { f }; Verbesserung { f }; Fortschritt { m }; Steigerung { f }

improvement

Besserungsanstalt { f } | Besserungsanstalten { pl }

reformatory | reformatories

Besserwisser { m }

prig

Besserwisser { m }

know-all

Besserwisser { m }

faultfinder

Besserwisser { m } | Besserwisser { pl }

wiseacre | wiseacres

bessere Sorten

high grades

besser { adv }

superiorly

besser nutzbar

revitalize

besser werden; schneller werden

to pick up (speed)

bessern

to reclaim

bessern

to righten

bessern; besser werden; verbessern

to better

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