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. Co·ragh·es·san [kaw , rag, -, uh, -s, uh, n], born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Boyle

/ bɔɪl /

noun

1. BoyleRobert16271691MIrishSCIENCE: scientist 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

/ boil /

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

Boyle Heights and the MacArthur Park area, gaining their trust through friendly conversation in order to kidnap and rob their victims at gunpoint, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

He had worked with Petticrew and Boyle, childhood friends who grew up near each other in Catholic West Belfast, a decade earlier on an anti-drug film, and was instrumental in casting them.

From Los Angeles Times

District 14, which is 61% Latino, includes Boyle Heights, the cradle of Latino politics in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday evening, the comedian Frankie Boyle was due to moderate a public meeting of about 150 climate campaigners in Edinburgh after lending his support to the Stop Rosebank campaign.

From BBC

It wasn’t surprising that De León was there, because his Eastside district includes Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times