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LEO SZILARD
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• LEO SZILARD (noun)
The noun LEO SZILARD has 1 sense:
1. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
Familiarity information: LEO SZILARD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Leo Szilard; Szilard
Instance hypernyms:
molecular biologist (a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life)
nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)
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