Gray (Noun)
Meaning 1
English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- Silver Grey
- Steel Gray
- Oxford Gray
- Davy's Gray
- Ash Gray
- Silver Gray
- Dappled-grey
- Silver
- Oxford Grey
- Dappled-gray
- Charcoal Grey
- Tattletale Gray
- Steel Grey
- Dapple-gray
- Iron-gray
- Davy's Grey
- Charcoal Gray
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Meaning 3
The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 4
Clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 6
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 7
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 8
Horse of a light gray or whitish color.
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 9
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888).
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Nouns denoting people.