frisch
f rish
- n 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)
- n Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
- n Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
- On the same day, Frischgebacken (freshly baked) will turn into frisch gebacken, as countless delightful German compound words are broken up by official decree.