James Franck

/ʤeɪmz frɑŋk/
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Definitions of James Franck
  1. noun
    United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
    synonyms: Franck
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    a scientist trained in physics
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