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

And at the Stade de France, all eyes will be on Hannah Cockcroft, who will be hoping to make it four Paralympic golds in a row in the women’s T34 100m.

From BBC

Hannah Cockcroft will be hoping to make it four Paralympic golds in a row in the women’s T34 100m at the Stade de France.

From BBC

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

“His enthusiasm for an exciting and fun life was contagious, and we were all blessed to have known him. The world is lucky to have his writings to keep that spirit of his alive. So, it’s real, George Powers Cockcroft is dead.”

From The Guardian

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