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SOLVAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922)
Synonyms:
Ernest Solvay; Solvay
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Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)