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GAY-LUSSAC
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850)
Synonyms:
Gay-Lussac; Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
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Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)