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Daltonian

American  
[dawl-toh-nee-uhn] / dɔlˈtoʊ ni ən /

adjective

  1. of John Dalton or his atomic theory.

  2. of or relating to daltonism.


Etymology

Origin of Daltonian

1805–15; J. Dalton + -ian

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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

What is undeniable is that the Daltonian atom has within a century of its acceptance as a fundamental reality suffered disruption.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels

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 Edward Huntington Williams

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