Meitner

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M0202100 (mīt′nər), Lise 1878-1968. Austrian-born Swedish physicist and pioneer in the study of nuclear fission.

Meitner

(German ˈmaitnər) n (Biography) Lise (ˈliːzə). 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist. With Hahn, she discovered protactinium (1918), and they demonstrated with F. Strassmann the fission of uranium

Meit•ner

(ˈmaɪt nər)

n. Lise, 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.

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Meitner - Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)Lise Meitner