Frisch

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Frisch
       n 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}]
       2: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics
          (1895-1973) [syn: {Ragnar Frisch}, {Ragnar Anton Kittil
          Frisch}]
       3: Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees
          (1886-1982) [syn: {Karl von Frisch}]