Boyle

American  

[boil] / bɔɪl /

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.

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Boyle British  

/ 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)

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Boyle Scientific  

/ 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.

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Example Sentences

He painted a mural in 1994 in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood of Los Angeles, when the street was first named Cesar Chavez Avenue.

From BBC

The two activists famously formulated a plan for what would become the United Farm Workers in a kitchen in Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times

But in Thursday's ruling, US District Judge Jane Boyle said the company had failed to show it had suffered any harm under federal competition laws.

From BBC

Mariachis are a staple of the city, playing at quinceañeras, weddings, birthday parties, gathering at places such as Olvera Street in downtown and Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights.

From Los Angeles Times

Boyle said everything was done in collaboration with the different teams to achieve the desired look.

From BBC