JOSEPH LOUIS GAY-LUSSAC

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Meaning:

French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)

Synonyms:

Gay-Lussac; Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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