范德瓦耳斯

Traditional form:

范德瓦耳斯

Pinyin (reading):

Fàndé Wǎ'ěrsī

Definitions:

• van der Waals
• Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist

Characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 范 - pattern, model, example; surname
• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations