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WILLIAM CROOKES

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Overview

WILLIAM CROOKES (noun)
  The noun WILLIAM CROOKES has 1 sense:

1. English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)play

  Familiarity information: WILLIAM CROOKES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WILLIAM CROOKES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Crookes; Sir William Crookes; William Crookes

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)


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