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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Analysts project $20 million to $25 million in full-year revenue for QCi, which is developing new Dirac systems and Qatalyst software.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Dirac provided technical guidance and personal support during a period when Somali football operated with limited institutional structure and little international exposure.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

One was "matrix mechanics," developed by Werner Heisenberg and later expanded by Max Born, Paul Dirac, and others.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

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 ● Oct. 21, 2023

His confidence was based on the recent discovery by Dirac of the equation that governed the electron.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking