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Definition: Boehm

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Boehm" is a common misspelling or typo for: Boehme.

Date "Boehm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1708. (references)

Common Expressions: Boehm

Expressions Definition
Barry Boehm Barry W. Boehm is known for many contributions to software engineering. (references)
Boehm garbage collector In computer science, Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector, often simply known as Boehm GC, is a conservative garbage collector for C and C++, which is used by many projects that are implemented in C or C++, as well as by runtime environments for a number of other languages, including the Gnu Compiler for Java runtime environment, and the Mono implementation of the Microsoft .NET platform. It supports numerous operating systems, including many Unix variants, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X, and provides a number of advanced features including incremental collection, parallel collection and a variety of finalizer semantics. (references)
Boehm Syndrome Boehm Syndrome is a symptom-specific map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy of the cornea. (references)
Henry Boehm Henry Boehm (June 8, 1775 - December 28, 1875) was an American clergyman and pastor. The son of noted clergyman Martin Boehm, Henry preferred to be a traveling preacher, going to different churches and lecturing about various religious topics. (references)
Jakob Boehm German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Joseph Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Bart. (1834 - 1890) was a sculptor, best known for the head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner, born in Vienna, but educated in England. (references)
Martin Boehm Martin Boehm (November 30,1725 - March 23, 1812) was an American clergyman and pastor. He was the son of Jacob Boehm and Barbara Kendig who settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Boehm married Eve Steiner in 1753 and in 1756 he was chosen by lot to become the minister of the local Mennonite church. (references)
Theobald Boehm Theobald Boehm (April 9, 1794- November 25, 1881) was a Bavarian inventor and musician, who perfected the modern flute and its improved fingering system, which has not changed since his time. In addition, he was a virtuoso flautist and was a Bavarian Court Musician as well as a celebrated composer for the flute. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: Boehm

Expressions Domain Definition
Boehm B. Computing Boehm B. Proposed the COCOMO technique for evaluating the cost of a software project. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..

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Extended Definition: Boehm

Boehm

Boehm (in English, usually pronounced "Bame") is a German surname, transliterated from Böhm. It may refer to:

  • Barry Boehm, software engineer, see also List of University of Southern California people
  • Henry Boehm
  • Joseph Boehm (Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1834–1890), Austrian sculptor
  • Martin Boehm
  • Roy Boehm, known as the "First SEAL"; established the U.S. Navy's first SEAL Team.
  • Theobald Boehm, (April 9, 1794- November 25, 1881) was a Bavarian inventor and musician,
    • Boehm System of flute fingering
    • Boehm system (clarinet), a similar system for the clarinet

See also

  • Boehm Syndrome
  • Boehm garbage collector
  • Böhm, Böhme, Böhmer

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Boehm". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Boehm

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Boehm 33     Barry Boehm 7
Boehm System 29     Boehm 33
Boehm system (clarinet) 23     Boehm garbage collector 5
Roy Boehm 21     Boehm syndrome 4
Edward Marshall Boehm 9     Boehm System 29
Barry Boehm 7     Boehm system (clarinet) 23
Martin Boehm 7     David Boehm 3
Joseph Boehm 5     Doug Boehm 3
Boehm garbage collector 5     Edward Marshall Boehm 9
Mary Louise Boehm 5     Erhard F. Boehm 3
Jeffrey Boehm 5     Henry Boehm 3
Theodore R. Boehm 5     Jeffrey Boehm 5
Boehm syndrome 4     Joseph Boehm 5
Peter Boehm 3     Martin Boehm 7
Theobald Boehm 3     Mary Louise Boehm 5
Paul Boehm 3     Paul Boehm 3
Robert Boehm 3     Peter Boehm 3
Doug Boehm 3     Robert Boehm 3
Henry Boehm 3     Roy Boehm 21
Erhard F. Boehm 3     Sydney Boehm 3
Sydney Boehm 3     Theobald Boehm 3
David Boehm 3     Theodore R. Boehm 5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: Boehm

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 勃姆式的 (boehm). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, boehm. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 勃姆式的 (boehm). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, boehm. (volunteer & more translations)
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