WOLLASTON

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

1. English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)

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

• WOLLASTON (noun)

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Meaning:

English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

William Hyde Wollaston; Wollaston

Instance hypernyms:

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)