ENRICO FERMI

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• ENRICO FERMI (noun)
  The noun ENRICO FERMI has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: ENRICO FERMI used as a noun is very rare.

• ENRICO FERMI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Enrico Fermi; Fermi

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)