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SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON
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• SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON (noun)
The noun SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON has 1 sense:
1. English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
Familiarity information: SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON used as a noun is very rare.
• SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson; Wilkinson
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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