Pau·li (pou l ), Wolfgang 1900-1958. Austrian-born American physicist. He won a 1945 Nobel Prize for work on atomic fissions. |
Pauli [ˈpɔːlɪ ˈpaʊlɪ]
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(Biographies / Pauli, Wolfgang (1900-1958) M, USnational of birth: Austrian, SCIENCE: physicist) Wolfgang (ˈvɒlfˌgæŋ). 1900-58, US physicist, born in Austria. He formulated the exclusion principle (1924) and postulated the existence of the neutrino (1931), later confirmed by Fermi: Nobel prize for physics 1945
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| Noun | 1. | Pauli - United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958) |
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