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)
• Syn: ↑Otto Frisch, ↑Otto Robert Frisch
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑nuclear physicist
2. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
• Syn: ↑Ragnar Frisch, ↑Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑economist, ↑economic expert
3. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
• Syn: ↑Karl von Frisch
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑zoologist, ↑animal scientist
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/frish/; Ger., Norw. /frddish/, n.
1. Karl von /kahrl von/; Ger. /kahrddl feuhn/, born 1886, Austrian zoologist: Nobel prize for physiology 1973.
2. Max (Rudolf) /maks rooh"dolf/; Ger. /mahks rddooh"dawlf/, 1911-91, Swiss novelist and playwright.
3. Otto Robert /ot"oh rob"euhrt/; Ger. /awt"oh rddoh"beuhrddt/, born 1904, Austrian physicist.
4. Ragnar /rddahng"nahrdd/, 1895-1973, Norwegian economist: Nobel prize 1969.
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I [frish]Karl von (1886 - 1982), Austrian zoologist. He worked mainly on honeybees, studying particularly their vision, navigation, and communication. He showed that they perform an elaborate dance in the hive to indicate the direction and distance of food. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1973, shared with Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen)
II
Otto Robert (1904 - 79), British physicist; born in Austria. With his aunt, Lise Meitner, he recognized that Otto Hahn's experiments with uranium had produced a new type of nuclear reaction, which Frisch called nuclear fission. He also indicated the explosive potential of its chain reaction
III
Ragnar (Anton Kittil) (1895 - 1973), Norwegian economist; a pioneer of econometrics. Nobel Prize for Economics (1969, shared with Jan Tinbergen)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.