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RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY
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• RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY (noun)
The noun RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY has 1 sense:
1. American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
Familiarity information: RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
• RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Richard E. Smalley; Richard Errett Smalley; Richard Smalley; Smalley
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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