See Also: Hoff, Jacobus H(enricus) van't(encyclopedia)
van't Hoff, Jacobus(medicine)
Devise(medicine)
Devise(law)
devise(dictionary)
devise(2)(dictionary)
devise(1)(dictionary)
Jacobus(dictionary)
van der Kolk, Jacobus(medicine)
Jacobus (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Hoff, Jacobus H(enricus) van't (sh) and devise(2) (iou)


Hoff, Jacobus H(enricus) van't (sh)




born Aug. 30, 1852, Rotterdam, Neth.
died March 1, 1911, Berlin, Ger.

Dutch physical chemist.

His early work on stereochemistry explained optical activity in terms of the tetrahedral bonding of carbon atoms in organic molecules (see configuration). His later work outlined the principles of chemical kinetics, applied the laws of thermodynamics to chemical equilibria, introduced modern concepts of chemical affinity, and advanced understanding of electrolytes. Equations relating osmotic pressure (see osmosis) to mole fraction of solute and relating the equilibrium constant to temperature bear his name. In 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Chemistry.


devise(2) (iou)



devise verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French deviser from Proto-Romance, from Latin divis- pa. ppl stem of dividere DIVIDE verb.]
verb trans. Divide; distribute; distinguish. ME-L15.
verb trans. Consider, look at attentively, examine; meditate on; decide; conceive, imagine, guess. Foll. by simple obj. or obj. clause ME-E19.
verb trans. Plan, contrive, (something (now usu. immaterial), how, that, to do); invent, create. ME.
Milton How suttly to detain thee I devise. W. S. Maugham She could devise some means to persuade him. F. L. Wright A foundation for that particular soil had to be devised to bear the load of any building we wanted to build. K. Moore He and Roberta would devise adventure stories.
b. verb trans. Plan in a secret, underhand, or artful way, plot, (something, to do); feign (something, that); forge. arch. ME.
W. Cowper Devising..calamity to Troy.
c. verb intrans. Make plans, scheme. Formerly also, pretend. LME.
verb trans. Accomplish, achieve, manage (something, to do). ME-L16.
verb trans. Recount, relate, describe. ME-L16.
b. verb intrans. Give an account; confer, talk, (of). LME-L19.
verb trans. Appoint, direct. LME-E17.
verb trans. Law. Assign (Real Estate) by will. Formerly more widely, bequeath. LME.
devisement noun (rare) (a) a description, an account; (b) the action of devising; a device: LME.