PROKHOROV

Prokhorov, Aleksandr Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov

(noun) Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)

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(noun) the scientific study of the earth’s configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)


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