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SIR JOHN COCKCROFT

• SIR JOHN COCKCROFT (noun)
The noun SIR JOHN COCKCROFT has 1 sense:

1. British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

Familiarity information: SIR JOHN COCKCROFT used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR JOHN COCKCROFT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft; Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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