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4 dictionary results for: Robert Boyle
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Boyle       [boil] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
2.Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.
3.T. Co·ragh·es·san       [kaw rag-uh-suhn] Pronunciation Key, born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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Boyle, Robert 1627-1691.  
Irish-born British physicist and chemist whose precise definitions of chemical elements and reactions began the separation of chemistry from alchemy. In 1662 he formulated Boyle's law.

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robert boyle

noun
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) [syn: Boyle] 

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Boyle       (boil)  Pronunciation Key 
English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

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