Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun william_crookes

1 sense of william crookes

Sense 1
Crookes, William Crookes, Sir William Crookes -- (English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)