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