robert boyle

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsBoyle

   Broaderchemist

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What does robert boyle mean?

robert boyle means "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)".

What is another word for robert boyle?

Close synonyms include Boyle. 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.

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