Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton

Definitions of Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton
  1. noun
    Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
    synonyms: E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Walton, Walton
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    nuclear physicist
    a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
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