Cherenkov

or Ce·ren·kov

[chuh-reng-kawf, -kof, -ren-; Russian chyi-ryin-kawf]

noun

Pa·vel A. [pah-vuh l; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/, 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.

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British Dictionary definitions for cherenkov

Cherenkov

Cerenkov

noun

Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958

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