Pfeiffer may refer to:
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Pfeiffer (surname) Pfeiffer ( , ) is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English ''Piper'' and ''Fifer''; other spellings include '' Pfeifer''. Notable people with the name include:
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Pfeiffer effect The Pfeiffer effect is an optical phenomenon whereby the presence of an optically active compound influences the optical rotation of a racemic mixture of a second compound.
Racemic mixtures do not rotate plane polarized light, but the equilibrium ...
, an optical phenomenon
In health
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Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull
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Infectious mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease
Places
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Pfeiffer, Arkansas
Pfeiffer is an unincorporated community in Independence County, Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisi ...
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Pfeiffer, Ohio
Pfeiffer is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Ohio, Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Pfeiffer had its start in 1883 when the railroad was extended to that point. John Pfeiffer, an early postmaster, gave the community ...
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Pfeiffer Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
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Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Organizations
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Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, North Carolina, U.S.
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Carl A. Pfeiffer
Carl A. Pfeiffer GmbH & Co. KG is a German piano-manufacturing company in Leonberg, Böblingen (district). The company was founded in Stuttgart in 1862 by Joseph Anton Pfeiffer. His father Carl A. Pfeiffer was already working as a piano maker ...
, a German piano manufacturer
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Pfeiffer Vacuum
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG is a German manufacturer of vacuum pumps. It is headquartered in Aßlar in Germany with 70% of the total production catering to the export market.
In July 1996 the company was listed on the NYSE and in April 1998 on ...
, a German manufacturer of vacuum pumps
See also
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Pfeiffer House (disambiguation)
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Pfeifer Pfeifer ( , ) is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or " pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English ''Piper'' and ''Fifer''; other spellings include '' Pfeiffer''. The spelling ''Pfeifer'' may refer to:
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Pfeffer
Pfeffer is a German surname meaning "pepper" and may refer to:
* Anna Pfeffer (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer
* Anshel Pfeffer, British journalist
* Anton Pfeffer (born 1965), Austrian footballer
* Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882†...
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