Definition of Arrhenius

1. Noun. Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927).

Exact synonyms: Svante August Arrhenius
Generic synonyms: Chemist, Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrhenius

Aromanians
Aron
Arora
Aroras
Arouet
Arp
Arpetan
Arpitan
Arran
Arrente
Arrernte
Arrerntes
Arretine
Arrhenatherum
Arrhenatherum elatius
Arrhenius (current term)
Arrhenius-Madsen theory
Arrhenius doctrine
Arrhenius equation
Arrhenius equations
Arrhenius law
Arrhenius plot
Arrhenius theory of dissociation
Arron
Arruga
Arruga's forceps
Arsis
Art
Art Deco

Literary usage of Arrhenius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"It may, therefore, be well to consider how far this is true of Arrhenius, to whom a Nobel ... Svante August Arrhenius was born in Sweden, February 19, 1859. ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The evidence which led Arrhenius to this conclusion was based on van Ч Hoff's work on the osmotic pressure of solutions (see SOLUTION). ..."

3. The Nature of Solution by Harry Clary Jones, Ebenezer Emmet Reed (1917)
"In 1883 Arrhenius had studied the electrical conductivity of solutions of ... With this conception in mind, Arrhenius turned to the problem of the meaning ..."

4. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"Arrhenius Proposes the Dissociation Theory. — This was the prevailing theory of electrolysis when Arrhenius took up the subject. ..."

5. Elements of Electro-chemistry: Treated Experimentally by Robert Theodor Wilhelm Lüpke (1903)
"IN 1887 Svante Arrhenius put forward his theory of the electrolytic dissociation of ions, and thereby gave an explanation which might be accepted of those ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"PROFESSOR SVANTE Arrhenius, of Stockholm, lectured before the Royal Institution, London, on June 3, on electrolytic dissociation. ..."

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