cavendish

What does cavendish mean?

cavendish means "British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)".

How many syllables are in cavendish?

cavendish has 3 syllables: cav-en-dish. The stress falls on "cav". In IPA it is /ˈkævəndɪʃ/.

What is another word for cavendish?

Close synonyms include Henry Cavendish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cavendish a common word?

cavendish is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cavendish come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.