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IPA transcription: ['wɛɡinɚ]

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Noun

  • German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930)

Usage examples

  • Simpson was influentially, and incorrectly, opposed to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.
  • Wegener strongly denied saying Barthel had any connection with doping.