1. French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987); [syn: Broglie, de Broglie, Louis Victor de Broglie]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Broglie
n 1: French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle
duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit
wavelike properties (1892-1987) [syn: Broglie, de
Broglie, Louis Victor de Broglie]