Arrhenius

American  

[ahr-rey-nee-oos] / ɑrˈreɪ niˌʊs /

noun

1. Svante August 1859–1927, Swedish physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903.

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Arrhenius British  

/ aˈreːniʊs /

noun

1. Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903

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Arrhenius Scientific  

/ ə-rē′nē-əs /

1. Swedish physicist and chemist who developed the theory of electrolytic dissociation, which explained the process by which ions are formed or separated. For this work he was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1903. He also investigated osmosis, toxins, and antitoxins.

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Example Sentences

Then in 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius took it one step further and calculated that changes in carbon dioxide may affect the climate.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022

But for Arrhenius, back then, it was just a way to pick up an idea to throw around with friends at the Physics Society.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2021

In the 1890s, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius here calculates the temperature effect of a doubling of atmospheric CO2, showing that burning fossil fuels would likely warm the planet.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2021

He worked, too, on the heat-trapping capacity of water vapour and carbon dioxide, and surmised that variations in atmospheric levels would produce a “change of climate” — ideas that Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius later advanced.

From Nature • Sep. 16, 2019

It is true that the discovery of radio-activity has disclosed a new source of energy within the atoms themselves, and there are scientific men, like Professor Arrhenius, who attach great importance to this source.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph