1. Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858); [syn: Brown, Robert Brown]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Robert Brown
n 1: Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small
particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
[syn: Brown, Robert Brown]