van de graaff

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   United States physicist (1901-1967)

   SynonymsRobert Van de GraaffRobert Jemison Van de Graaff

   Broaderphysicist

Questions about van de graaff

What does van de graaff mean?

van de graaff means "United States physicist (1901-1967)".

What is another word for van de graaff?

Close synonyms include Robert Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff. 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 van de graaff a common word?

van de graaff 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.