SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft; Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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