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ernest orlando lawrence

 

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Noun ernest orlando lawrence has 1 sense
  1. Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence - United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
    --1 is a kind of nuclear physicist

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Term: Ernest Orlando Lawrence

Definition:

Noun: Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist and inventor who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention and development of the cyclotron.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Noun: A physicist and inventor who developed the cyclotron.

Example: Ernest Orlando Lawrence was a pioneer in the field of particle acceleration.

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Sense 2:

Noun: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, located in Berkeley, California, is named after Ernest Orlando Lawrence.

Example: The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory conducts cutting-edge research in various scientific fields.

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Sense 3:

Noun: The international unit of acceleration, symbolized as "EoL," is named in honor of Ernest Orlando Lawrence.

Example: The car achieved a maximum acceleration of 10 EoL.

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Sense 4:

Noun: A research facility or institute dedicated to the study of particle physics.

Example: The university established the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Center for Particle Physics.

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