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SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT

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Overview

SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT (noun)
  The noun SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT has 1 sense:

1. British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)play

  Familiarity information: SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft; Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)


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