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Blackett

(ˈblækɪt)
n
(Biography) Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
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Black•ett

(ˈblæk ɪt)

n.
Patrick Maynard Stuart, 1897–1974, English physicist.
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