[fur-mee; It. fer-mee] 
| a unit of length, 10−15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F |
[fur-mee; It. fer-mee] | En⋅ri⋅co [en-ree-koh; It. en-ree-kaw] , 1901–54, Italian physicist, in the U.S. after 1939: Nobel prize 1938. |
| fer·mi (fûr'mē, fěr'-) n. pl. fer·mis A unit of length equal to one femtometer (10-15 meter). [After Enrico Fermi.] |
| Fer·mi (fěr'mē) Italian-born American physicist. He won a 1938 Nobel Prize for his work on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment. In 1942, at the University of Chicago, he produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. |
| Fermi (fěr'mē) Pronunciation Key
Italian-born American physicist who won a 1938 Nobel Prize for his research on neutrons. In 1942, with Leo Szilard, Fermi built the world's first nuclear reactor. He also discovered over 40 new isotopes, including the element fermium, which is named for him. |
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