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Of or relating to botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Of or relating to botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
Pertaining to motion caused by the random vibration of molecules (Brownian motion).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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adj
Of or relating to Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown, 1716?–1783), English landscape architect.
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brownian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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History
Etymology tree English Brown Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Brownian From Brown + -ian.
