Hideki Yukawa

Yu·ka·wa

[yoo-kah-wah]
noun
Hi·de·ki [hee-de-kee] , 1907–81, Japanese physicist: Nobel prize 1949.
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Yukawa (juːˈkɑːwə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Hideki (ˈhiːdɛkɪ). 1907--81, Japanese nuclear physicist, who predicted (1935) the existence of mesons: Nobel prize for physics 1949

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Yukawa   (y-kä'wä)  Pronunciation Key 
Japanese physicist who in 1935 mathematically predicted the existence of the meson, for which he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for physics.
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