hess Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun English pianist (1890-1965)
   Dame Myra Hess.
   
2. noun Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
   Walter Hess; Walter Rudolf Hess.
   
3. noun Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)
   Rudolf Hess; Walther Richard Rudolf Hess.
   
4. noun United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
   Victor Hess; Victor Franz Hess.
   

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