Dirac

English

Etymology

From the French surname Dirac, probably from the French town by that name in Charente, from Medieval Latin Adiraco, Dyracum, from a Gallo-Roman name, Latin Atirius (a derivative of Atilius), or alternatively a Frankish/Germanic name [Term?], in either case with the common Gallo-Roman nominal suffix -acum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈræk/

Proper noun

Dirac

1. A surname from French.

Derived terms

• Dirac comb
• Dirac delta function
• Dirac equation
• Dirac fermion
• Dirac field
• Dirac Hamiltonian
• Dirac monopole
• Dirac notation
• Dirac particle
• Dirac point
• Dirac wave function
• Fermi-Dirac distribution
• 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

• Radic, ADRIC, carid, R acid, cardi-, daric, Cardi, cardi, Icard, arcid, Cidra, Darci, Radić, caird, acrid