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ERNEST SOLVAY
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• ERNEST SOLVAY (noun)
The noun ERNEST SOLVAY has 1 sense:
1. Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)
Familiarity information: ERNEST SOLVAY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ernest Solvay; Solvay
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
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