OPPENHEIMER

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• OPPENHEIMER (noun)
  The noun OPPENHEIMER has 1 sense:

1. United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)

  Familiarity information: OPPENHEIMER used as a noun is very rare.

• OPPENHEIMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Oppenheimer; Robert Oppenheimer

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

 Context examples 

“At this temperature, the lava would freeze,” said lead author Dr Clive Oppenheimer, from Cambridge’s Department of Geography.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)