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Dirac
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English
Etymology
From the en fr - surname fr Dirac, probably from the French Dirac, Charente town by that name in Charente, from en la-med Adiraco, la Dyracum, from a Gallo-Roman name, en la Atirius (a derivative of la Atilius), or alternatively a en frk -/en gem - name und *Adarus, in either case with the common Gallo-Roman nominal suffix la -acum.
Pronunciation
en /dɪˈræk/
Proper noun
en French.
Derived terms
en Dirac comb Dirac constant Dirac delta function Dirac equation Dirac fermion Dirac field Dirac Hamiltonian Dirac monopole Dirac notation Dirac particle Dirac point Dirac wave function Diracian Fermi-Dirac distribution Fermi-Dirac distribution function Fermi-Dirac statistics Kapitza-Dirac effect
See also
Paul Dirac, British physicist.
References
Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1989 (1re éd. 1963), 738 p. p. 247.
Jean Talbert, Origine des noms de lieux, 1928
Anagrams
en acdir Radic ADRIC carid R acid cardi- daric Cardi cardi Icard arcid Cidra Darci Radić caird acrid