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Cavendish Definition & Meaning

cavendish
noun
  1. British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

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What does cavendish mean?
British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
What part of speech is cavendish?
Cavendish is a noun.

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