Dirac

American  

[dih-rak] / dɪˈræk /

noun

1. Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.

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Dirac British  

/ dɪˈræk /

noun

1. Paul Adrien Maurice. 1902–84, English physicist, noted for his work on the application of relativity to quantum mechanics and his prediction of electron spin and the positron: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1933

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Dirac Scientific  

/ dĭ-răk′ /

1. British mathematician and physicist who developed a mathematical interpretation of quantum mechanics with which he was able to provide the first correct description of electron behavior. For this work Dirac shared with Erwin Schrödinger the 1933 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

The company cited an increase in the number of hardware contracts and the recognition of revenue for cloud-based computing access to its Dirac-3 quantum system.

From Barron's

While 2π is associated with completing a circle in mathematics, our measurements are about the geometric phase accumulated by the BEC's wave function after it completes a circle around either the Dirac or singular QBTP.

From Scientific American

Many land owners now are battling fast-spreading eastern red cedar and juniper trees that are contributing to the grassland ecosystem collapse, says Dirac Twidwell, a rangeland ecologist at the University of Nebraska.

From Seattle Times

Nearly a century ago the theorist Paul Dirac calculated a value, called g, for how much a charged particle should be affected by a magnetic field.

From Scientific American

To understand what's happening to electrons at Dirac points, we need to observe them up close.

From Scientific American