Definition of Gamow

1. Noun. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).

Exact synonyms: George Gamow
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamow

Gambier Islands
Gambusia
Gambusia affinis
Game of Life
Gamerscore
Gamerscores
Gamgee
Gamgee tissue
Gamilaraay
Gamna
Gamna's disease
Gamna-Favre bodies
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro
Gamow (current term)
Gan
Gan Jiang
Ganai
Ganapati
Ganca
Gand
Ganda
Gandalf
Gandhara
Gandharan
Gandhi
Gandhian
Gandhinagar
Gandy

Literary usage of Gamow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"George Gamow and John M. Cleveland : Physics, Foundations and Frontiers, ... Gamow, Ibid., p. 321. 7. Everyman's Encyclopaedia, Fourth Edition, Volume Eight ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"Since the excitation function for fission is approximately as predicted by the penetration theory of Gamow (see (9)), this comparison suggests that the (ZH, ..."

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