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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)play

  Familiarity information: ERNEST SOLVAY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ERNEST SOLVAY (noun)


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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