Segrè

[ suh-grey; Italian se-gre ]

noun

1. E·mi·li·o [uh, -, mee, -lee-oh, uh, -, meel, -yoh, e-, mee, -lyaw], 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1959.

Segrè

/ səˈɡreɪ /

noun

1. SegrèEmilio19051989MUSItalianSCIENCE: physicist 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

Example Sentences

He has not said if he would accept the extension, but his news conference had all the trappings of a farewell, including two rows of institutional well-wishers like Italy’s senator-for-life Liliana Segre, who started going to La Scala as a girl, and union representatives.

From Seattle Times

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

Liliana Segre has become Italy’s conscience on the Holocaust.

From New York Times

Ms. Segre, 93, with cotton-white hair, a steel-cage memory and an official status as a Senator for Life said last week in her handsome Milan apartment, where she sat next to a police escort.

From New York Times

Even as Ms. Segre accepted another honorary degree on Saturday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, rising anti-Semitism and what she considers a general climate of hate have put her in a pessimistic mood.

From New York Times