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GAY-LUSSAC
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• GAY-LUSSAC (noun)
The noun GAY-LUSSAC has 1 sense:
1. French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)
Familiarity information: GAY-LUSSAC used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gay-Lussac; Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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