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fermi / Fermi > 2 senses
NOUN1fermi, femtometer, femtometreA metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
2Fermi, Enrico FermiItalian 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)
fermi / Fermi > pronunciation
Soundsfer'miy
Rhymesacademy, acme, alchemy, and 78 more rhymes in miy...
fermi > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
Synonymsfemtometer, femtometre
Part ofpicometer, picometre, micromicron
Broadermetric linear unit
Fermi > noun 2, person
MeaningItalian 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).
SynonymsEnrico Fermi
Instance ofnuclear physicist

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