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Frisch

US/fɹɪʃ/ uncommon

noun

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)

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Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)

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Origin

* As a German and North Germanic surname, from a pet form of Friedrich. Compare Fritz. * Also as a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective frisch.

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