prokhorov

1. 1.

   Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)

   SynonymsAleksandr ProkhorovAleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov

   Broaderphysicist

Other forms of prokhorov

plural

prokhorovs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prokhorov

What does prokhorov mean?

prokhorov means "Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)".

How many syllables are in prokhorov?

prokhorov has 3 syllables: prok-ho-rov. The stress falls on "prok".

What is another word for prokhorov?

Close synonyms include Aleksandr Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prokhorov a common word?

prokhorov is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.