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Noun: Meitner  mIt-nu(r)
  1. Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
    - Lise Meitner

Type of: nuclear physicist

Encyclopedia: Meitner