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Eniwetok

noun
1.
An atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs.
2.
World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold.





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... ({99}Es) and fermium ({100}Fm), were originally found in the debris from the thermonuclear device "Mike," which was detonated on Eniwetok atoll November 1952. (This method of creating new substances is somewhat more extravagant than the mythical Chinese method of burning down a building to ...
— A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis • Glen W. Watson


Words linked to "Eniwetok" :   atoll, World War 2, amphibious assault, Second World War, Marshall Islands, World War II


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