frisch

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frisch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]