SOLVAY

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• SOLVAY (noun)
  The noun SOLVAY has 1 sense:

1. Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)

  Familiarity information: SOLVAY used as a noun is very rare.

• SOLVAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ernest Solvay; Solvay

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)