Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: fermi
IPA transcription: [f'ɝmi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Fermi, Enrico_Fermi
    Meaning: Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
  • Synonyms: femtometer, femtometre, fermi
    Meaning: a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
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