Sabatier

[ sa-ba-tyey ]

noun

1. Paul [pawl], 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.

Sabatier

/ sabatje /

noun

1. SabatierPaul18541941MFrenchSCIENCE: chemist Paul (pɔl). 1854–1941, French chemist, who discovered a process for the hydrogenation of organic compounds: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1912)

Example Sentences

The most ambitious of NASA’s plans would be to use electrolysis to generate hydrogen and oxygen from water and then use the Sabatier reaction to combine the hydrogen with Martian CO2 to create methane for use as a fuel.

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"A true patriot must needs meet Sabatier in Paris," and the man swaggered out of the room, followed by his companion.

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Neither our blatant friend Sabatier, nor our courteous acquaintance of last night, shall catch me sleeping.

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After Sabatier and his companion had left the inn, he had gone upstairs for this purpose, only to find the man dead.

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"I shall not forget the promise," Sabatier returned, and it was easy to see that he was pleased with the confidence placed in him.

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He had already had a description from Jacques Sabatier, but a word-picture from another source might make the man clearer to him.

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