Aleksandr Prokhorov

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Aleksandr Prokhorov
    n 1: Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving
         electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and
         lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)
         [syn: {Prokhorov}, {Aleksandr Prokhorov}, {Aleksandr
         Mikjailovich Prokhorov}]
    

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