kayser

See also: Kayser

English

Etymology

Named after Heinrich Kayser.

Noun

kayser (plural kaysers)

1. A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.

Further reading

• Wavenumber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Arksey, karsey, skeary

Middle English

Alternative forms

• caisare, caiser, caisoure, cayser, caysere, kaiser, kaisere, keiser

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German keisar, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of casere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛi̯zər/

Noun

kayser (plural kayseres, dative kaysere)

1. An emperor (the ruler of an empire; a supreme ruler)

   Synonym: emperour

Descendants

• ⇒ English: Kaiser, kaiser
  • → Scots: Kaiser

References

• “cāsere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.