Geber
[ jee-ber ]
/ ˈdʒi bər /
noun
Jabir ibn Hayyan,8th-century a.d.,
Arab alchemist.
Also
Jabir.
British Dictionary definitions for jabir ibn hayyan (1 of 2)
Jabir ibn Hayyan
/ (ˈdʒɑːbɪə ˌiːbən hɑːˈjɑːn) /
noun
?721–?815. Arab alchemist, whose many works enjoyed enormous esteem among later alchemists, such as Geber
British Dictionary definitions for jabir ibn hayyan (2 of 2)
Geber
/ (ˈdʒiːbə) /
noun
Latinized form of Jabir, assumed in honour of Jabir ibn Hayyan by a 14th-century alchemist, probably Spanish: he described the preparation of nitric and sulphuric acids