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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Instead, a single-particle model based on a three-dimensional Dirac Hamiltonian and including strong spin-orbit coupling was able to reproduce the experimental regimes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

Dirac is the company’s flagship quantum computer, first released over the cloud in 2022.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

A key influence in his early career was Osman Jama Dirac, the former head of referees in Somalia.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

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 ● Aug. 25, 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

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