Definition of Nobel prize

1. Noun. An annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace.

Generic synonyms: Accolade, Award, Honor, Honour, Laurels
Derivative terms: Nobelist

Definition of Nobel prize

1. Noun. Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel. ¹

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Literary usage of Nobel prize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff (1921)
"He was touched and grateful at this welcome, but with his usual humour, declared that it was the Nobel prize which, like a magic wand, had revealed to the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Professors who have received the Nobel prize of the Academy of Science. 4. ... The right to present candidates for the Nobel prize belongs to the members of ..."

3. Emil Von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy by Derek S. Linton (2005)
"... Further Diphtheria and Tetanus Research, the Nobel prize THE FIRST FIFTEEN years after Behring's arrival in Marburg, the small Hessian university town ..."

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