| English Dictionary |
SMALLEY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
• SMALLEY (noun)
The noun SMALLEY has 1 sense:
1. American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
Familiarity information: SMALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Richard E. Smalley; Richard Errett Smalley; Richard Smalley; Smalley
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Starve a fever, feed a cold." (English proverb)
"Five fingers are brothers, not equals." (Afghanistan proverb)
"Beat the iron while it is hot." (Arabic proverb)
"As there is Easter, so there are meager times." (Corsican proverb)
"Five fingers are brothers, not equals." (Afghanistan proverb)
"Beat the iron while it is hot." (Arabic proverb)
"As there is Easter, so there are meager times." (Corsican proverb)