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VICTOR HESS

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VICTOR HESS (noun)
  The noun VICTOR HESS has 1 sense:

1. United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)play

  Familiarity information: VICTOR HESS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


VICTOR HESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hess; Victor Franz Hess; Victor Hess

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)


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