Associations to the word «Fermi»

FERMI, noun. A unit of length equal to one femtometer or femtometre (10−15 m).

FERMI, proper noun. A surname​.

FERMI, proper noun. The physicist Enrico Fermi.

FERMI ENERGIES, noun. Plural of Fermi energy

FERMI ENERGY, noun. (physics) The highest energy of a particle that is part of a many-particle system of identical fermions in its ground state.

FERMI GAS, noun. (physics) A gas composed of a large number of fermions.

FERMI LEVEL, noun. The total chemical potential for electrons.

FERMI LEVELS, noun. Plural of Fermi level

FERMI PARADOX, noun. The seeming contradiction, serving as a challenge to believers in the existence of advanced lifeforms throughout the universe, that there is no scientific evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have tried to visit or communicate with us.

FERMI PARADOX, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Fermi paradox

FERMI SURFACE, noun. (physics) An abstract boundary, of constant energy, useful for predicting the thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of metals, semimetals, and doped semiconductors.

FERMI SURFACES, noun. Plural of Fermi surface

FERMI, noun. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.

FERMI, noun. Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954).