GEORGE GAMOW

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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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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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