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boyle

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for boyle.

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The second is to look more closely at what someone with the scientific mind of Robert Boyle made of bleeding.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of boyle gathered in one view.

noun

Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.

noun

A surname from Irish.

noun

A place name:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for boyle.

noun

Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.

noun

A surname from Irish.

noun

A place name:

noun

A town in County Roscommon, Ireland.

Example sentences

1

The second is to look more closely at what someone with the scientific mind of Robert Boyle made of bleeding.

2

If you read the work done by Mike Boyle and Mike Robertson, you'll get an idea.

3

Of course Boyle Heights and the neighboring cities are the Mexican cultural centers.

4

You've got to love Frankie Boyle for saying it how it is.

5

I didn't even know that Frankie Boyle had taken up farming.

6

It's entirely possible that Greco-Roman doctors were doing similar things, but Boyle had the benefit of the ready dissemination of his findings via print and the world's first scientific journal (Philosophical Transactions), which happened to be edited by his close associate (Henry Oldenberg).

7

> arguably, this is an area where the analogy breaks down, as nothing of the last 50 years seems to match the importance of Newton or Boyle I'd argue that the ongoing computer revolution matches that.

Quote examples

1

Lee can sometimes be annoying and pretentious, but that show is a masterclass in "shock" humor in a way that the likes of Boyle et al can't or won't do.

2

I can't help but think that the professors of the Royal Society being asked for their "wish list" today have strangely low horizons, compared to Boyle and Bacon.

3

As Boyle and Hill point out, the men who were circumcised got additional counseling about safe sex practices compared to the control group, and then they had to refrain from having sex altogether for the simple reason that their lacerated penises had to be wrapped in bandages until their wounds healed — leading to what Boyle and Hill refer to as “time-out discrepancy” in the quote above.

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Well, no - many of them are extremely intelligent, inquisitive people (people like Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle accepted bleeding as a treatment, so clearly "they weren't smart" or "they didn't understand the scientific method" isn't a good explanation).

Proper noun examples

1

For example, Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist, which argued that chemicals were composed of atoms, was published in 1661.

2

Boyle, unlike the young Isaac, also made extensive use of the descending 's' (looked like an 'f' without the horizontal bar).

3

I can't see how analyzing a much bigger population would make it any easier, like Boyle's gas law.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use boyle in a sentence?

The second is to look more closely at what someone with the scientific mind of Robert Boyle made of bleeding.

What does boyle mean?

Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.

What part of speech is boyle?

boyle is commonly used as noun.