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Hewish
Hew·ish
/
ˈhyu
ɪʃ
or, often,
ˈyu-
/
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[
hyoo
-ish
or, often,
yoo
-
]
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noun
Antony,
born 1924,
British astronomer: discovered pulsars; Nobel prize for physics 1974.
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Hewish
(ˈhjuːɪʃ)
—
n
Antony.
born 1924, British radio astronomer, noted esp for his role in the discovery of pulsars (1967): shared the Nobel prize for physics 1974
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Science Dictionary
Hewish
(hy
'ĭsh)
Pronunciation Key
British astronomer. In 1967, working with the astronomer Susan Bell Burnell, he discovered the first pulsar.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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