Definitions for davyˈdeɪ vi

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Da•vyˈdeɪ vi(n.)

  1. Sir Humphry, 1778–1829, English chemist.

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Davy, Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy(noun)

    English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

Wiktionary

  1. Davy(ProperNoun)

    A diminutive of the male given name David.

  2. Davy(ProperNoun)

    derived from David.


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