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Pen·zi·as

[pent-see-uhs, pen-zee-]
noun
Arno Allan, born 1933, U.S. astrophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel prize for physics 1978.
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Penzias (ˈpɛntsɪəs, ˈpɛnz-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Arno Allan. born 1933, US astrophysicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1978) with Robert W. Wilson for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation

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