FERMI

Fermi, Enrico Fermi

(noun) 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)

femtometer, femtometre, fermi

(noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fermi (plural fermis)

An obsolete unit of length equal to one femtometer or femtometre (10−15 m).

Proper noun

Fermi

A surname.

The physicist Enrico Fermi.

Source: Wiktionary



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8 May 2025

INSULATION

(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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