Definitions for cockcroft
ˈkɒk krɔft, -krɒftcock·croft

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cockcroft, Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroftnoun

   British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)

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1. Cockcroft

   Cockcroft or Cockroft is a surname.

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1. cockcroft

   The term "Cockcroft" is primarily associated as a surname of English origin. However, it is also recognized in other contexts. It may refer to Cockcroft-Walton generator, a type of voltage multiplier named after the British physicists John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Walton. Additionally, "Cockcroft" may also refer to John Douglas Cockcroft, a British physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus. The definition and context of "Cockcroft" therefore largely depend on its use in a sentence.

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1. Cockcroft

   Cockcroft is a lunar crater that is situated on the far side of the Moon from the Earth, so that it has only be observed and photographed from orbit. It lies to the northeast of the larger crater Fitzgerald, and southeast of Evershed. The rim of this crater is worn and eroded from subsequent impacts. The satellite crater Cockroft N is intruding into the south-southwestern rim. There are small craters along the rim to the southeast, east, and north-northwest, and a small crater lies along the eastern inner wall. The interior floor is uneven in places, particularly in the southern half, and contains multiple small and tiny craterlets.

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1. COCKCROFT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cockcroft is ranked #59171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cockcroft surname appeared 342 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cockcroft.
   
   91.8% or 314 total occurrences were White.
   5.2% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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How to pronounce cockcroft?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cockcroft in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cockcroft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cockcroft
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockcroft
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cockcroft
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html