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Pronunciation
  
Hungarian: [ˈøtvøʃ]

Language(s) of origin
  
Hungarian

Eötvös

Meaning
  
silversmith, goldsmith, etc.

Region of origin
  
Hungarian-speaking area (primary Hungary)

Related names
  
Faber, Fabri, Fabricius; Goldschmidt (German: Goldschmied), Silberschmidt; Polish: Złotnik, Zlotnik (e.g. Asher Zlotnik); Hebrew: צורף‎‎ tzôrēf, e.g. Joshua Heschel Zoref, Amir Tzoref (he), etc.

Eötvös is an old spelling of the Hungarian word ötvös, meaning "gold- and silversmith".

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Family name

Eötvös can refer to one of several Hungarian people:

  • József Eötvös (1813, Buda - 1871), a Hungarian statesman and author
  • Loránd Eötvös (1848 - 1919), a Hungarian physicist
  • Zoltán Eötvös (1891, Tokaj - 1936), a Hungarian speed skater
  • Péter Eötvös (born 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc), composer and conductor
  • József Eötvös (musician) (born 1962, Pécs), a Hungarian guitar player

    • Ötvös

  • Fülöp Ö. Beck (Hungarian: Beck Ötvös Fülöp; 1873, Pápa - 1945, Budapest), a Hungarian sculptor, medal maker

    • Otvos

  • Jim Otvos

    • Other

    Eötvös can also refers to several concepts and a place, all named for Loránd Eötvös:

  • an eotvos (unit), a unit of gravitational gradient
  • the Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
  • the Eötvös experiment, an experiment determining the correlation between gravitational and inertial mass
  • the Eötvös number, a concept in fluid dynamics
  • the Eötvös (crater) on the moon
  • the Eötvös rule for predicting surface tension dependent on temperature

    • References

    Eötvös Wikipedia
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