Frisch n 1: 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) [syn: {Frisch}, {Otto Frisch}, {Otto Robert Frisch}] 2: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) [syn: {Frisch}, {Ragnar Frisch}, {Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch}] 3: Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) [syn: {Frisch}, {Karl von Frisch}]