Meitner

American  

[mahyt-ner] / ˈmaɪt nər /

noun

1. Lise 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.

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Meitner British  

/ ˈmaitnər /

noun

1. Lise (ˈliːzə). 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist. With Hahn, she discovered protactinium (1918), and they demonstrated with F. Strassmann the fission of uranium

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Meitner Scientific  

/ mīt′nər /

1. Austrian-born Swedish physicist who contributed to the first theories of nuclear fission. Her contributions to the field of nuclear physics led to the development of the atomic bomb and nuclear energy.

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Example Sentences

It was Meitner, along with her nephew, Otto Frisch, who proposed the term “fission” to describe what they had found, but Hahn won the prize.

From Scientific American

Meitner, who had fled Germany because of the Nazis, was horrified at the thought of an atomic bomb.

From Scientific American

Katie Hafner: Meitner thinks back to what she knows about the structure of the atom and the nature of mass and energy.

From Scientific American

Starting next week, we're bringing you a two-parter, a fresh look at the physicist Lise Meitner through her correspondence with Otto Hahn.

From Scientific American

After Meitner, who was Jewish, fled Germany during World War II, Hahn published the work in her absence and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1944.

From Salon