Segrè

American  

[suh-grey, se-gre] / səˈgreɪ, sɛˈgrɛ /

noun

1. Emilio 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1959.

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Segrè British  

/ səˈɡreɪ /

noun

1. Emilio (ɛmˈiːlɪəʊ). 1905–89, US physicist, born in Italy, who was the first to produce an artificial element. He shared the Nobel prize for physics (1959) with Owen Chamberlain for their discovery (1955) of the antiproton

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Example Sentences

Simitian’s communications director, Francesca Segrè, said Wednesday afternoon that his campaign would refrain from commenting until both counties had officially certified their results.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Physicists had learned that every fundamental particle seems to have an antimatter counterpart, an idea Segrè would later earn a Nobel Prize for verifying.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

“That’s a lot of wasted orange juice,” said Andrea Segrè, a professor at the University of Bologna and a campaigner against food waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2016

This meant that, in the case of element 43, the Noddacks’ claim for masurium should be dismissed and should be replaced by technetium, as synthesized by Segrè and Perrier.

From Scientific American • Jul. 5, 2013

Segrè believes that a full set of anti-particles will be found, existing only for tiny fractions of a second in the debris left by high-energy collisions.

From Time Magazine Archive