HENRY CAVENDISH

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• HENRY CAVENDISH (noun)
  The noun HENRY CAVENDISH has 1 sense:

1. British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

  Familiarity information: HENRY CAVENDISH used as a noun is very rare.

• HENRY CAVENDISH (noun)

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Meaning:

British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cavendish; Henry Cavendish

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)