Get to know Shechtman better with 10+ real example sentences.
Shechtman in a sentence
Using Shechtman
- In the example corpus, shechtman often appears in combinations such as: shechtman was.
Context around Shechtman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shechtman
- In this selection, "shechtman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paul, year, asked, blech, told and visited stand out and add context to how "shechtman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attorney paul shechtman told jurors and blech asked shechtman to show. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shechtman" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shechtman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shechtman agreed and, in hindsight, called this fast publication "a winning move”. (12 words)
Defense attorney Paul Shechtman told jurors that Rechnitz was a world-class liar. (13 words)
Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for his work on quasicrystals. (15 words)
Meanwhile, on seeing the draft of the Shechtman-Blech paper in the summer of 1984, John Cahn suggested that Shechtman's experimental results merit a fast publication in a more appropriate scientific journal. (33 words)
A quick study of Shechtman's results showed that the common explanation for a ten-fold symmetrical diffraction pattern, the existence of twins, was ruled out by his experiments. (29 words)
Originally, the new form of matter was dubbed "Shechtmanite". citation The term "quasicrystal" was first used in print by Steinhardt and Levine shortly after Shechtman's paper was published. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Meanwhile, on seeing the draft of the Shechtman-Blech paper in the summer of 1984, John Cahn suggested that Shechtman's experimental results merit a fast publication in a more appropriate scientific journal.
Defense attorney Paul Shechtman told jurors that Rechnitz was a world-class liar.
A quick study of Shechtman's results showed that the common explanation for a ten-fold symmetrical diffraction pattern, the existence of twins, was ruled out by his experiments.
In the summer of the same year Shechtman visited Ilan Blech and related his observation to him.
Originally, the new form of matter was dubbed "Shechtmanite". citation The term "quasicrystal" was first used in print by Steinhardt and Levine shortly after Shechtman's paper was published.
Shechtman accepted Blech's discovery of a new type of material and it gave him the courage to publish his experimental observation.
Shechtman agreed and, in hindsight, called this fast publication "a winning move”.
Shechtman had one of these pans. citation The Nobel citation said that quasicrystals, while brittle, could reinforce steel "like armor".
Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for his work on quasicrystals.
The observation of the ten-fold diffraction pattern lay unexplained for two years until the spring of 1984, when Blech asked Shechtman to show him his results again.
When Shechtman was asked about potential applications of quasicrstals he said that a precipitation-hardened stainless steel is produced that is strengthened by small quasicrystalline particles.
While saying that the discovery of icosahedrite, the first quasicrystal found in nature, was important, Shechtman saw no practical applications.
Common combinations with shechtman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: