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HEVESY
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• HEVESY (noun)
The noun HEVESY has 1 sense:
1. Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966)
Familiarity information: HEVESY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
George Charles Hevesy de Hevesy; Hevesy
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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