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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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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