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Oppenheimer

op·pen·hei·mer

UK/ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/ US/ˈɑpʌˌnhaɪmɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)

Origin

Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.

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