Otto Frisch

/ˌɑdoʊ frɪʃ/
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Definitions of Otto Frisch
  1. noun
    British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
    synonyms: Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch
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    nuclear physicist
    a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
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