HyperDic: cockcroft

English > 1 sense of the word Cockcroft:
NOUNperson Cockcroft, Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas CockcroftBritish physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
English > Cockcroft: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningBritish physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967).
SynonymsSir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Instance ofnuclear physicistA physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
SpanishSir John Douglas Cockcroft

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