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FRISCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
Synonyms:
Frisch; Karl von Frisch
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
animal scientist; zoologist (a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
Synonyms:
Frisch; Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch; Ragnar Frisch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Frisch; Otto Frisch; Otto Robert Frisch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)
