robert brown

1. 1.

   Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

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   Broaderbotanist

Questions about robert brown

What does robert brown mean?

robert brown means "Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)".

What is another word for robert brown?

Close synonyms include Brown. 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 robert brown a common word?

robert brown is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.