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ROBERT BOYLE
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• ROBERT BOYLE (noun)
The noun ROBERT BOYLE has 1 sense:
1. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
Familiarity information: ROBERT BOYLE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Boyle; Robert Boyle
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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