Definition of Gray
Nouns
English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
- Synonyms:
- Louis Harold Gray
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radiobiologist
a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
- Synonyms:
- Thomas Gray
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poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- Synonyms:
- Robert Gray
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navigator
in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
- Synonyms:
- Asa Gray
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botanist, phytologist, plant scientist
a biologist specializing in the study of plants
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