Cockcroft

[ kok-krawft, -kroft ]

noun

1. Sir John Douglas, 1897–1967, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1951.

Cockcroft

/ ˈkɒkˌkrɒft /

noun

1. CockcroftSir John Douglas18971967MEnglishSCIENCE: physicist Sir John Douglas. 1897–1967, English nuclear physicist. With E. T. S. Walton, he produced the first artificial transmutation of an atomic nucleus (1932) and shared the Nobel prize for physics 1951

Cockcroft

/ kŏk′krôft′ /

1. British physicist who, with Ernest Walton, was the first to successfully split an atom using a particle accelerator in 1932. For this work they shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

When Britain’s chief nuclear scientist, John Cockcroft, insisted that Windscale add some radiation filters during its construction, other officials gave only grudging approval, calling the filters “Cockcroft’s folly.”

From New York Times

George Powers Cockcroft, who published The Dice Man in 1971 under the pseudonym Luke Rhinehart, died on 6 November, his publishers confirmed to the Guardian.

From The Guardian

Tony Cockcroft of the British Security Industry Association says security firms have seen a wave of enquiries ahead of the weekend.

From BBC

His real name is George Cockcroft, and though no longer young, he is alive.

From The Guardian

State Rep. Josh Cockcroft, the chairman of the panel who signed the subpoenas, said his committee’s investigation is not a criminal one, but more of a fact finding mission.

From Seattle Times