Definition of 'Dirac'
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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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