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hahn

/hɑːn/

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noun

C1formalcommonscientific/hɑːn/

uncountable · proper noun

A proper noun referring to a German chemist who, along with Lise Meitner, co-discovered nuclear fission.

  • 🇷🇺Имя собственное, относящееся к немецкому химику, который вместе с Лизе Мейтнер открыл ядерное деление.
  1. German chemist C1 formal scientific

    Otto Hahn (1879–1968) was a German chemist who, together with Lise Meitner, discovered nuclear fission, a process that splits the nucleus of an atom.

    • Otto Hahn's work on nuclear fission revolutionized physics and chemistry.
    • Hahn received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for his discovery.
    • The discovery of nuclear fission by Hahn and Meitner led to the development of atomic energy.

    🇷🇺Немецкий химик