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Fermi

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Noun

1. femtometer, femtometre, fermi

a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

2. enrico fermi, fermi

Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)

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Fermi

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noun
Enrico (enˈriːko). 1901-54, Italian nuclear physicist, in the US from 1939. He was awarded a Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for his work on radioactive substances and nuclear bombardment and headed the group that produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1942)
noun
a unit of length used in nuclear physics equal to 10–15 metre

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Fermi

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Enˈrico (ɛnˈrikoʊ ) ; enrēˈkō) 1901-54; U.S. nuclear physicist, born in Italy
noun
Physics
a unit of length equal to 10-15 meter
see also femto-

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Fermi

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Italian-born American physicist who won a 1938 Nobel Prize for his work on radioactivity induced by neutron bombardment of various elements. He also led the team that produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction (1942).
n. pl. fer·mis
A unit of length equal to one femtometer (10-15 meter).

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