"Christy pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Christy pits [plural]
Etymology: Named after Canadian-American physicist Robert F. Christy, who worked on the Manhattan Project to produce the first nuclear weapons. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christy pit (plural Christy pits)
  1. An early design of pit (core of an implosion-type nuclear weapon), used in the detonation over Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. Wikipedia link: Manhattan Project, Pit (nuclear weapon)#Christy pits, Robert F. Christy Related terms: Christy gadget (english: weapon design incorporating Christy pit)
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Inflected forms

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