1. English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844); [syn: Dalton, John Dalton]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
John Dalton
n 1: English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory
and the law of partial pressures; gave the first
description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844) [syn:
Dalton, John Dalton]