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JAMES FRANCK
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• JAMES FRANCK (noun)
The noun JAMES FRANCK has 1 sense:
1. United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
Familiarity information: JAMES FRANCK used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Franck; James Franck
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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