FERMI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fermi mean? 

• FERMI (noun)
  The noun FERMI has 2 senses:

1. a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
2. 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)

  Familiarity information: FERMI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERMI (noun)

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

femtometer; femtometre; fermi

Hypernyms ("fermi" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Holonyms ("fermi" is a part of...):

micromicron; picometer; picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Enrico Fermi; Fermi

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)