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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)play

  Familiarity information: RICHARD ERRETT SMALLEY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


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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