Definition of James Franck

1. Noun. United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964).

Exact synonyms: Franck
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of James Franck

James Cagney
James Clark Ross
James Clerk Maxwell
James Cleveland Owens
James Cook
James Crichton
James Dean
James Dewey Watson
James Douglas Morrison
James Earl Carter
James Earl Carter Jr.
James Edmund Scripps
James Edward Meade
James Fenimore Cooper
James Francis Thorpe
James Franck (current term)
James Garfield
James George Frazer
James Grover Thurber
James Hargreaves
James Harold Doolittle
James Harvey Robinson
James Henry Leigh Hunt
James Hogg
James Howard Meredith
James Hutton
James I
James II
James IV
James Ives

Literary usage of James Franck

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1. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"He ci. in 1779, and was » by his son, JAMES-FRANCK ROLLESTON, Esq. of Franckfort, 6. 1742, col. of volunteers ..."

2. Some Books in the Louisville Free Public Library of Interest to Catholic Readers by Louisville Free Public Library (1914)
"... liest period to the reign of King Stephen, with notes by JA Giles GERMANY FRANCE ITALY SPAIN Bright, James Franck 943.6 Joseph II ..."

3. Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen by Clement King Shorter, Clement Shorier (1897)
"James Franck Bright and the late John Richard Green. James Franck Bright is 1832- master of University College, Oxford, and his " English History for the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1908)
"... Humphry Davy, Dr. James Franck, George Bellas Greenough, Richard Knight, Dr. James Laird, James Parkinson, and Richard Phillips. ..."

5. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"John Richard Magrath, DD James Bellamy, DD Henry Francis Pelham, MA James Franck Bright, DD George Earlam Thorley, MA William luge, DD . Edward Moore, DD . ..."

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