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Arrhenius
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Ar·rhe·ni·us  (-rn-s, -r-), Svante August 1859-1927.
Swedish physicist and chemist. He won a 1903 Nobel Prize for his electrolytic theory of dissociation.
Arrhenius (Swedish) [aˈreːniʊs]
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(Biographies / Arrhenius, Svante August (1859-1927) M, Swedish, SCIENCE: chemist, SCIENCE: physicist) Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈaugʊst). 1859-1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
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Noun1.Arrhenius - Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927)Arrhenius - Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927)
Svante August Arrhenius
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