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Fermi

noun

A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter. Synonyms: femtometer, femtometre.

Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954). Synonym: Enrico Fermi.

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... balance. renversi to upset, to overturn. etendi to extend, to expand. rompi to break. fermi to close, to shut. ruli to roll, (wheel, ball, etc.). fini to end, to finish. skui to shake. fleksi to bend, to flex. strecxi to stretch. hejti to heat. svingi to swing. klini to incline, to bend. sxanceli to cause to vacillate. kolekti to gather, to collect. ...

— A Complete Grammar of Esperanto • Ivy Kellerman

Words linked to "Fermi" : metric linear unit, Fermi-Dirac statistics, picometre, femtometer, picometer, Enrico Fermi, micromicron, femtometre, nuclear physicist