(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 ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

鎏

[鎏, liú] bessemerizing of matte #30048

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

別冊(P);別册(oK)

[べっさつ, bessatsu] (n) separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume; (P) #4113

別称

[べっしょう, besshou] (n) alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume #8464

別荘

[べっそう, bessou] (n) holiday house; villa; (P) #12028

えべっさん;おいべっさん;えびっさん;おべっさん;およべっさん

[ebessan ; oibessan ; ebissan ; obessan ; oyobessan] (n) (col) (えべっさん can be 戎っさん) (See 恵比寿) Ebisu (local dialect forms)

庵主

[あんしゅ, anshu] (n) owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

欠格

[けっかく, kekkaku] (n) (1) rejection; disqualification; (2) { ling } abessive

修道院長

[しゅうどういんちょう, shuudouinchou] (n) head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior

女性蔑視

[じょせいべっし, joseibesshi] (n) discrimination against women; female discrimination

貸し別荘

[かしべっそう, kashibessou] (n) vacation rental (property)

大学別曹

[だいがくべっそう, daigakubessou] (n) (See 大学寮, 七大私学) Heian-period boarding school (for children of a specific noble clan) established near the former central university of Kyoto

German-Thai: Longdo Dictionary Longdo Approved DE-TH

besser

(adj, adv) ดีกว่า, See Also: gut

der Besserwisser

(n, slang) |der, pl. Besserwisser| คนที่ช่างรู้ไปหมดซะทุกเรื่อง อะไรก็ทำว่ารู้ดีไปกว่าคนอื่นเขาหมด

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