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
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He is the daddy, by the way, of another famous Daltonian blond: newswoman Deborah Norville is his little girl.
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Sample Daltonian obituary: ''Mrs. Kellog spent her life in the strictly conservative activities of a typical village matron.
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More and more general becomes the belief that the Daltonian atom is really a compound radical, and that back of the seeming diversity of the alleged elements is a single form of primordial matter.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith
At present I wish to notice this conception as lying at the root of most of the work which he did in extending and applying the Daltonian theory.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
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