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    SIR JOHN DOUGLAS COCKCROFT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)play

    Synonyms:

    Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft; Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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