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SIR HAROLD WALTER KROTO

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Overview

SIR HAROLD WALTER KROTO (noun)
  The noun SIR HAROLD WALTER KROTO has 1 sense:

1. British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)play

  Familiarity information: SIR HAROLD WALTER KROTO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR HAROLD WALTER KROTO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harold Kroto; Harold W. Kroto; Kroto; Sir Harold Walter Kroto

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)


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