Franck

/frɑŋk/
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Other forms: Francks

Definitions of Franck
  1. noun
    French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
    synonyms: Cesar Franck
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    example of:
    composer
    someone who composes music as a profession
  2. 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)
    synonyms: James Franck
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    physicist
    a scientist trained in physics
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