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Frisch

[frish; Ger., Norw. frish]
–noun
1. Karl von [kahrl von; Ger. kahrl fuhn] , 1886–1982, Austrian zoologist: Nobel prize for physiology 1973.
2. Max (Ru⋅dolf) [maks roo-dolf; Ger. mahks roo-dawlf] , 1911–91, Swiss novelist and playwright.
3. Ot⋅to Ro⋅bert [ot-oh rob-ert; Ger. awt-oh roh-buhrt] , 1904–1979, Austrian physicist.
4. Rag⋅nar [rahng-nahr] , 1895–1973, Norwegian economist: Nobel prize 1969.
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frisch

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1. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979) 
2. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) 
3. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) 
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