DIRAC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984)

Synonyms:

Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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