Daltonian
Americanadjective
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of John Dalton or his atomic theory.
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of or relating to daltonism.
Etymology
Origin of Daltonian
Example Sentences
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One such is the Daltonian, of Dalton, Pa. whose Editor Thomas A. Curtis sandwiches philippics against the capitalist system between advertisements for Chevrolets, insurance, typewriters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample Daltonian obituary: ''Mrs. Kellog spent her life in the strictly conservative activities of a typical village matron.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the daddy, by the way, of another famous Daltonian blond: newswoman Deborah Norville is his little girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here, then, we have nearly all the elements of the Daltonian theory of atoms on the one hand, and the nebular hypothesis of Laplace on the other.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington
There are, indeed, as we shall see, experiments that suggest the dissolution of the atom—that suggest, in short, that the Daltonian atom is misnamed, being a structure that may, under certain conditions, be broken asunder.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington
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