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bose (n.)

"to seek for hollows underground by ramming the ground and observing the vibrations," 1929, ultimately from Scottish word boss "hollow, empty" (1510s), earlier a noun meaning "small cask, wine flask" (late 14c.).

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Definitions of bose from WordNet

Bose (n.)
Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons;
Synonyms: Satyendra N. Bose / Satyendra Nath Bose
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