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GAMOW
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968)
Synonyms:
Gamow; George Gamow
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)