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

But after his friend Emilio Segrè dragged him into Enrico Fermi’s elite Roman physics club in the late 1920s, Majorana’s stature in atomic physics quickly grew.

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

It is also an element for which the majority of sources give an incorrect account in declaring Corson, MacKenzie, and Segrè as the true discoverers.

From Scientific American • Jul. 5, 2013

Physicist Emilio Segrè, a 1959 Nobelman for his explorations into the Alice-Through-the-Looking-Glass world of antimatter, is a master of pure theory.

From Time Magazine Archive