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WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON
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• WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON (noun)
The noun WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON has 1 sense:
1. English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON used as a noun is very rare.
• WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
William Hyde Wollaston; Wollaston
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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