(1905–91), American physicist. In 1932 he discovered the positron—the first antiparticle known. Nobel Prize for Physics (1936, shared with Victor Francis Hess).
Definition of Anderson, Carl David in US English:
Anderson, Carl David
proper nounˈandərsən
(1905–91), US physicist. In 1932, he discovered the positron—the first antiparticle known. Nobel Prize for Physics (1936), shared with Victor F. Hess.