Definition of Mendeleev

1. Noun. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendeleev

Menai Strait
Menaka
Menander
Mencius
Mencken
Menckenian
Mende
Mendel
Mendel's first law
Mendel's instep reflex
Mendel's law
Mendel's laws
Mendel's second law
Mendel-Bechterew reflex
Mendeleeff's law
Mendeleev (current term)
Mendeleev's law
Mendeleyev
Mendelian
Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Mendelianism
Mendelism
Mendelsohn
Mendelson's syndrome
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohnian
Mendenhall Glacier
Mendoza line
Mendy

Literary usage of Mendeleev

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

1. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Ana Shirazi, Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2005)
"In 1869, Dmitry Mendeleev listed all the elements known at the time in the order of their ... When he had finished, Mendeleev noticed patterns in his chart. ..."

2. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph S. Fruton (1990)
"For example, even during the 1870s he did not discuss in his lectures the periodic table proposed by his former students Mendeleev and Meyer. ..."

3. The Princess & the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin, and the by Sue Ann Prince (2006)
"His cultural biography of Russian chemist DI Mendeleev, noted for his 1869 formulation of the periodic system of chemical elements, appeared from Basic ..."

4. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"This law enabled Mendeleev to foretell the existence and even the ... Mendeleev is also the author of an interesting hypothesis on the nature of the ..."

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