fermi
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English
5 letters
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Definitions
noun
Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/fˈɝːmiː/ · 2 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Word forms
plural fermis
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Anagrams
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