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Scharnhorst

Proper noun

Meaning

Several locations in northern Germany.

A habitational surname from German, born by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.

Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A recent analysis citation argued that the Scharnhorst effect cannot be used to send information backwards in time with a single set of plates since the plates' rest frame would define a "preferred frame" for FTL signalling. Source: Internet

Scharnhorst class, and rumored Japanese "super cruisers", all of which carried guns larger than the standard heavy cruiser's 8-inch size dictated by naval treaty limitations, the Alaskas were intended to be "cruiser-killers". Source: Internet

However, such ideas as Clausewitz and Lilienstern shared in common derived from a common influence, i.e., Scharnhorst, who was Clausewitz's "second father" and professional mentor. Source: Internet

In February 1942, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen moved from Brest back to Germany in the " Channel Dash ". Source: Internet

The German battleship Scharnhorst was one capital ship sunk while trying to attack an allied convoy in 1943. Source: Internet

In January 1941, the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sent on a successful commerce raiding mission in the Atlantic. Source: Internet

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