ROBERT BOYLE

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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)

Synonyms:

Boyle; Robert Boyle

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

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