Dirac
/dɪˈræk/
Dirac proper noun: a surname from French.
Proper noun
Dirac
- A surname from French.
Origin of Dirac
From the French surname Dirac, probably from the French town by that name in Charente, from Medieval Latin Adiraco, Dyracum, from a Gallo-Roman name, Latin Atirius (a derivative of Atilius), or alternatively a Frankish/Germanic name *Adarus, in either case with the common Gallo-Roman nominal suffix -acum.
Words formed from Dirac
- Dirac comb
- Dirac constant
- Dirac delta function
- Dirac equation
- Dirac fermion
- Dirac field
- Dirac Hamiltonian
- Diracian
- Dirac monopole
- Dirac notation
- Dirac particle
- Dirac point
- Dirac wave function
- Fermi-Dirac distribution
- Fermi-Dirac distribution function
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- Kapitza-Dirac effect
Phrases with Dirac
- Dirac sea
- Dirac cone
- Dirac seas
- Dirac combs
- Dirac cones
- Dirac delta
- Dirac deltas
- Dirac string
- Dirac picture
- Dirac strings
- Dirac fermions
- Dirac pictures
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Questions about Dirac
- What does Dirac mean?
- Dirac means a surname from French.
- What part of speech is Dirac?
- Dirac is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Dirac?
- Dirac is pronounced /dɪˈræk/.
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