SIR WILLIAM CROOKES

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• SIR WILLIAM CROOKES (noun)
  The noun SIR WILLIAM CROOKES has 1 sense:

1. English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)

  Familiarity information: SIR WILLIAM CROOKES used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR WILLIAM CROOKES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Crookes; Sir William Crookes; William Crookes

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)