soddy
of or relating to sod.
consisting of sod.
Origin of soddy
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Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1921.
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How to use soddy in a sentence
So far Professor soddy, but let the writer add that there is this point about the scientific world not to be overlooked.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe Ranger opened the door of the "soddy," stepped through, and closed it behind him.
Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod RaineShe sits at the door of her soddy with her faithful tabby in her lap and is content.
The American Country Girl | Martha Foote CrowLakes at the lower levels become meadows, then trees arrive; they overrun the soddy ground, the snow-manured moraines.
California | Mary AustinIt required no high-priced, skilled labor to build a "soddy," and properly built they were quite comfortable.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences | Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
British Dictionary definitions for Soddy
/ (ˈsɒdɪ) /
Frederick. 1877–1956, English chemist, whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1921
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Scientific definitions for Soddy
[ sŏd′ē ]
British chemist who was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. With Ernest Rutherford, he explained the atomic disintegration of radioactive elements. Soddy also coined the word isotope to describe elements that were chemically identical but had different atomic weights. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1921.
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