FRANCK

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• FRANCK (noun)
  The noun FRANCK has 2 senses:

1. French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)

2. United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)

  Familiarity information: FRANCK used as a noun is rare.

• FRANCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cesar Franck; Franck

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Franck; James Franck

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)