LEO SZILARD

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• LEO SZILARD (noun)
  The noun LEO SZILARD has 1 sense:

1. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)

  Familiarity information: LEO SZILARD used as a noun is very rare.

• LEO SZILARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Leo Szilard; Szilard

Instance hypernyms:

molecular biologist (a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life)

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)