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Definition of 'Dirac'

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Dirac in British

(dɪˈræk )
noun
Paul (Adrien Maurice). 1902–84, English physicist, noted for his work on the application of relativity to quantum mechanics and his prediction of electron spin and the positron: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1933
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Dirac in American

(dɪˈræk ; dirakˈ)
Paul Adrien Maurice1902-84; Eng. mathematician & nuclear physicist
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Nearby words of 'Dirac'

  • diquark
  • diquat
  • dir.
  • Dirac
  • Dirac constant
  • diram
  • dirdum

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Related Terms of 'Dirac'

  • Dirac constant
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