fermi

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fermi (enc)

Noun	1.	fermi - a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter femtometer, femtometre metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms micromicron, picometer, picometre - a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
	2.	Fermi - Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954) Enrico Fermi nuclear physicist - a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics

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