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Boyle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Boyle

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n
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)
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n
United States writer (1902-1992)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Boyle
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n 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:
Robert Boyle
Example of:
chemist
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
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n United States writer (1902-1992)

Synonyms:
Kay Boyle
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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