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SIR HUMPHREY DAVY
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• SIR HUMPHREY DAVY (noun)
The noun SIR HUMPHREY DAVY has 1 sense:
1. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
Familiarity information: SIR HUMPHREY DAVY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Davy; Humphrey Davy; Sir Humphrey Davy
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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