Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

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A chemist born in Austria who won the 1925 Nobel Prize for studying tiny particles in liquids

proper noun

: Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Richard Adolf Zsigmondy in 1925.

Examples

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925 for his pioneering work on colloids.
Many scientific instruments for studying colloids were developed thanks to the research of Richard Adolf Zsigmondy.
The contributions of Richard Adolf Zsigmondy greatly advanced our understanding of colloidal chemistry.
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy was a brilliant chemist.
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925 for his pioneering work on colloids.
Many scientific instruments for studying colloids were developed thanks to the research of Richard Adolf Zsigmondy.
The contributions of Richard Adolf Zsigmondy greatly advanced our understanding of colloidal chemistry.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

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This item is a proper name composed of personal names; knowing the constituent names does not allow a learner to infer the biographical meaning (that he was an Austrian-born German chemist and Nobel laureate). Proper names are arbitrary labels without compositional semantic contribution, so the full meaning is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy was an Austrian-born German chemist who studied very small particles in liquids called 'colloids'. He won the 'Nobel Prize in Chemistry' in 1925 for this work, so his name is remembered for that research.