Mendeleyev

British  

/ mɪndɪˈljejɪf /

noun

1. Dmitri Ivanovich (ˈdmitrij iˈvanəvitʃ). 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He devised the original periodic table of the elements (1869)

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Example Sentences

In Mendeleyev’s day just sixty-three elements were known, but part of his cleverness was to realize that the elements as then known didn’t make a complete picture, that many pieces were missing.

From Literature

State Department said it lifted sanctions imposed in 1999 against the Dmitri Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology and the Moscow Aviation Institute.

From Reuters

As to immorality, it is not people like Mendeleyev but poets, abbots, and personages regularly attending Embassy churches, who have the reputation of being perverted debauchees, libertines, and drunkards.

From Project Gutenberg

Mendeleyev dutifully completed his studies and eventually landed a position at the local university.

From Literature

Mendeleyev’s breakthrough was to see that the two could be combined in a single table.

From Literature