Fer·mi (f r m ), Enrico 1901-1954. Italian-born American physicist. He won a 1938 Nobel Prize for his work on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment. In 1942, at the University of Chicago, he produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. |
| fer·mi (fûrm, fr-) n. pl. fer·mis A unit of length equal to one femtometer (10-15 meter). [After Enrico Fermi.] |
fermi [ˈfɜːmɪ]
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(Physics / Nuclear Physics) a unit of length used in nuclear physics equal to 10-15 metre
Fermi [ˈfɜːmɪ (Italian) ˈfɛrmi]
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(Biographies / Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954) M, Italian, SCIENCE: physicist) Enrico (enˈriːko). 1901-54, Italian nuclear physicist, in the US from 1939. He was awarded a Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for his work on radioactive substances and nuclear bombardment and headed the group that produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1942)
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| Noun | 1. | fermi - a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms |
| 2. | Fermi - Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954) |
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