Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prokhorov
1 sense of prokhorov
Sense 1
Prokhorov, Aleksandr Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov -- (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))
INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)