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Basov

[ bah-suhf ]
/ ˈbɑ səf /
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noun
Ni·ko·lai Gen·na·di·ye·vich [nyi-kuh-lahygyi-nah-dyi-yi-vyich], /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ gyɪˈnɑ dyɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/, 1922–2001, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1964.
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British Dictionary definitions for Basov

Basov
/ (Russian ˈbasəf) /
noun
Nikolai Gennediyevich (nikaˈlaj ɡjiˈnadjejivitʃ). 1922–2001, Russian physicist: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1964) for his pioneering work on the maser
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