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Chad·wick
(chăd′wĭk), Sir James 1891-1974. British physicist. He won a 1935 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the neutron.
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Chadwick
(ˈtʃædwɪk)n
1. (Biography) Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
2. (Biography) Sir James. 1891–1974, British physicist: discovered the neutron (1932): Nobel prize for physics 1935
3. (Biography) Lynn (Russell). 1914–2003, British sculptor in metal
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Chad•wick
(ˈtʃæd wɪk)n.
James, 1891–1974, English physicist: discoverer of the neutron; Nobel prize 1935.
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