Eötvös

Eötvös is an old spelling of the Hungarian word ötvös, meaning "gold- & silversmith".

Eötvös
Family name
Pronunciation	Hungarian: [ˈøtvøʃ]
Meaning	silversmith, goldsmith, etc.
Region of origin	Hungarian-speaking area (primary Hungary)
Language(s) of origin	Hungarian
Related names	Faber, Fabri, Fabricius; Goldschmidt (German: Goldschmied), Silberschmidt; Polish: Złotnik, Zlotnik (e.g. Asher Zlotnik); Hebrew: צורף‎ tzôrēf, e.g. Joshua Heschel Zoref, Amir Tzoref (he), etc.

Family name

Eötvös can refer to one of several Hungarian people:

• József Eötvös, Baron de Vásárosnamény (1813, Buda - 1871), a Hungarian statesman and author
  • Loránd Eötvös, Baron de Vásárosnamény (1848 - 1919), a Hungarian physicist
• Zoltán Eötvös (1891, Tokaj - 1936), a Hungarian speed skater
• Peter Eötvös (born 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc), composer and conductor
• József Eötvös (born 1962, Pécs), a Hungarian guitar player

Ötvös

• Fülöp Beck(-)Ö(tvös). (Hungarian: Beck Ötvös Fülöp; 1873, Pápa - 1945, Budapest), a Hungarian sculptor, medal maker (hu)

Otvos

• Jim Otvos
• (Laurenţiu) Marcel Otvoş (born 1982, Buzău), a Romanian football player

Other

Eötvös can also refers to several concepts and a place, all named for Loránd Eötvös:

• an eotvos, a unit of gravitational gradient
• the Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
• the Eötvös experiment, an experiment determining the correlation between gravitational and inertial mass.
• the Eötvös number, a concept in fluid dynamics
• the Eötvös (crater) on the moon
• the Eötvös rule for predicting surface tension dependent on temperature

See also

• Złotniki

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