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VICTOR HESS
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• VICTOR HESS (noun)
The noun VICTOR HESS has 1 sense:
1. United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
Familiarity information: VICTOR HESS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hess; Victor Franz Hess; Victor Hess
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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