Dirac

[ dih-rak ]
/ dɪˈræk /

noun

Paul Adrien Maurice,1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.

Example sentences from the Web for dirac

  • The planets of Sol were first reached by ships using Dirac pushers.

    The Aliens |Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for dirac

Dirac
/ (dɪˈræk) /

noun

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

Scientific definitions for dirac

Dirac
[ dĭ-răk′ ]
P(aul) A(drien) M(aurice) 1902-1984

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.