Associations to the word «Frisch»

Dictionary definition

FRISCH, noun. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979).
FRISCH, noun. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973).
FRISCH, noun. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats