Fermi
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- proper noun
- /ˈfɜrmi/
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Fermi
- Enrico Fermi stood in his office and looked out of Manhattan.
- Enrico Fermi
- Fermi gas
- Fermi level
Examples
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Ugo worked several weeks on the problem, discussing it with Fermi as he progressed.
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Thus, a device is created in which one can vary the Fermi level by tuning the voltage.
Academic text (1994) -
What did Fermi mean by atmospheric ignition?
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Ugo received the Enrico Fermi Award from the US Department of Energy in 1995.
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Based on such considerations, physicist Enrico Fermi is said to have asked, "Where is everyone?"
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By the early 1930s, Fermi's Rome group was moving from spectroscopy to nuclear physics.
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Later in 1950, Stanislaw Ulam and Fermi demonstrated as much.
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In September 1941, Enrico Fermi at Columbia University proposed a similar idea to Edward Teller.
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Teller and Enrico Fermi (right) at the University of Chicago in 1951.
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Enrico Fermi is renowned for his groundbreaking work in nuclear physics.
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to describe particles like electrons that cannot share the same energy state
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fermi is the surname of Enrico Fermi, a famous Italian-American physicist who led the first controlled nuclear reaction. His family name comes from Latin firmus, meaning 'strong', and is like the English word firm, so a helpful way to remember is to think of him as a 'strong' figure in physics and of things named after him.