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CECIL FRANK POWELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
Synonyms:
Cecil Frank Powell; Powell
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)