HyperDic: sir_john_cockcroft

English > 1 sense of the expression *Sir John Cockcroft*:
NOUN	person	Sir John Cockcroft, Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft	British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

English > *Sir John Cockcroft*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967).
Synonyms	Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Instance of	nuclear physicist	A physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
Spanish	Sir John Douglas Cockcroft