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Che⋅ren⋅kov

  [chuh-reng-kawf, -kof, -ren-; Russ. chyi-ryin-kawf]
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–noun
Pa⋅vel A. [pah-vuhl; Russ. pah-vyil] , 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel prize 1958.
Also, Cerenkov.
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Che·ren·kov also Ce·ren·kov   (chə-rěng'kôf, -kəf, chĭ-ryĭn-kôf')   
Russian physicist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for work leading to the development of a cosmic-ray counter.
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