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COCKCROFT
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• COCKCROFT (noun)
The noun COCKCROFT has 1 sense:
1. British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
Familiarity information: COCKCROFT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft; Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
Instance hypernyms:
nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)
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