Soddy (Noun)
Meaning 1
A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Frederick Soddy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1921 for his work on the chemistry of radioactive substances.
- Soddy's discovery of isotopes revolutionized the field of chemistry and led to a deeper understanding of the structure of atoms.
- As a professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford, Soddy was a respected figure in the scientific community.
- Soddy's research on radioactive disintegration laid the foundation for the development of nuclear physics.
- Throughout his career, Soddy was a prolific writer and published numerous papers on his research, including his groundbreaking work on isotopes.