Definition of Lise Meitner

1. Noun. Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968).

Exact synonyms: Meitner
Generic synonyms: Nuclear Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lise Meitner

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Lise
Lise Meitner (current term)
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Literary usage of Lise Meitner

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

1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"Heinrich Kayser Oskar Klein Hendrik A. Kramers Rudolf Ladenburg Paul Langevin Max von Laue Philipp Lenard Fritz London John C. McLennan Lise Meitner Gustav ..."

2. Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China by Paul F. Uhlir, Julie M. Esanu (2006)
"In 1994, he was awarded the Lise Meitner Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Austrian Science Foundation and completed postdoctoral research at the ..."

3. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Calculations made by Hahn's former colleague, Lise Meitner, a refugee from Nazism then staying in Sweden, and her nephew, Otto Frisch, led to the conclusion ..."

4. A Physicist's Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933-1999 by E. Walter Kellermann (2004)
"Younger brilliant people like Lise Meitner, O Frisch and V Weisskopf went to Germany, Weisskopf, I think, ..."

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