Meanings
proper noun
- the European Council for Nuclear Research
And Italian scientists at CERN in Geneva are undertaking a similar experiment to help establish the range of the hypothetical new force.
1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 578
Origin
From the French acronym.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French CERN
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Polish CERN
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Portuguese CERN
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Russian ЦЕРН
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