fermi


Definition: Meaning of, fermi in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfəːmi /

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fermi fermis
  1. a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
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Fermi


Definition: Meaning of, Fermi in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / /

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Singular Plural
Fermi fermis
  1. 1901-1954 in the United States after 1939 italian nuclear physicist who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction
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Fermi used in phrases

  • Enrico Fermi (noun)
    1. 1901-1954 in the United States after 1939 italian nuclear physicist who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction
  • Fermi, Enrico
    1. (1901-54) a US scientist, born in Italy, who won a NOBEL PRIZE for his work on RADIOACTIVITY and produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (= a process in which the parts in the centre of an atom are rearranged to form new substances) .
  • Fermi-Dirac statistics (noun)
    1. the Pauli exclusion principle applies physics law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged
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