Mendeleyev
Speech parts
1. Mendeleyev - Noun
2. Mendeleyev - Proper noun
Meaning
Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)
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Examples
Mendeleyev supposedly simply rounded up his dissertation number of 38 percent alcohol to a more marketable 40 percent (80 proof), the number still in use today.