Definition of 'Dirac'
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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Paul Adrien Maurice1902-84; Eng. mathematician & nuclear physicist
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