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Cherenkov
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Che·ren·kov also Ce·ren·kov  (ch-rngkôf, -kf, ch-ryn-kôf), Pavel Alekseevich 1904-1990.
Russian physicist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for work leading to the development of a cosmic-ray counter.

Cherenkov, Cerenkov [tʃɪˈrɛŋkɒf (Russian) tʃɪˈrjenkəf]
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(Biographies / Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich (1904-1990) M, Soviet, SCIENCE: physicist) Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904-90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958


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