noun
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
• Syn: ↑Otto Hahn
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑chemist
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/hahn/, n.
Otto, 1879-1968, German chemist: Nobel prize 1944.
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[hän]Otto (1879 - 1968), German chemist, codiscoverer of nuclear fission. Together with Lise Meitner, he discovered the element protactinium in 1917. The pair discovered nuclear fission in 1938 with Fritz Strassmann (1902 - 80). Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1944, shared with Strassmann)
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