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1. Ni·ko·lai Gen·na·di·ye·vich [nyi-kuh-, lahy, gyi-, nah, -dyi-yi-vyich], 1922–2001, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1964.

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1. BasovNikolai Gennediyevich19222001MRussianSCIENCE: physicist Nikolai Gennediyevich (nikaˈlaj ɡjiˈnadjejivitʃ). 1922–2001, Russian physicist: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1964) for his pioneering work on the maser