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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979);
[syn: Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch]

2. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973);
[syn: Frisch, Ragnar Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch]

3. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982);
[syn: Frisch, Karl von Frisch]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Frisch n 1: British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979) [syn: Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch] 2: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) [syn: Frisch, Ragnar Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch] 3: Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) [syn: Frisch, Karl von Frisch]