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Boscovichian

Boscovichian adjective: of or relating to Roger Joseph Boscovich (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković; 1711–1787), Ragusan polymath who produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy.

Adjective

Boscovichian (comparative more Boscovichian, superlative most Boscovichian)

  1. Of or relating to Roger Joseph Boscovich (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković; 1711–1787), Ragusan polymath who produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy.

Forms of Boscovichian

comparativemore Boscovichian
superlativemost Boscovichian

Origin of Boscovichian

From Boscovich + -ian.

Questions about Boscovichian

What does Boscovichian mean?
Boscovichian means of or relating to Roger Joseph Boscovich (Croatian: Ruđer Josip Bošković; 1711–1787), Ragusan polymath who produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy.
What part of speech is Boscovichian?
Boscovichian is an adjective.

Words near Boscovichian in the dictionary

  1. Bosco
  2. Boscobel
  3. Boscombe
  4. Boscos
  5. Boscovich
  6. Boscovichian
  7. Boscs
  8. bose
  9. Bose-Einstein condensate
  10. Bose-Einstein condensates
  11. Bose-Einstein statistics

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