Boyle

[boil]

noun

1. Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

2. Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.

3. T. Coraghessan born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Boyle

/ bɔɪl /

noun

1. Robert . 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)

Boyle

1. English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

Example Sentences

“El Segundo has been a mecca for surf culture since the 1950s,” City Councilman and surfer Drew Boyles said.

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Boyle didn’t know exactly how he would deliver the dino to his home.

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Siobhan Boyle, director at PCA said: "Every penny and every donation we receive goes straight back into making sure our most vulnerable neighbours are fed and connected."

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Homeboy is already “the largest gang intervention rehab reentry program on the planet,” Boyle said, with 500 trainees at a time working with 300 staff members, most of whom have completed the rehabilitation program themselves.

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One woman was killed and three others seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a car accident in Boyle Heights.

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