Men·de·ley·ev, Dmi·tri I·van·o·vitch /ˌmendəˈleɪev, dəˈmiːtri ɪˈvɑːnəvɪtʃ/ 
 (1834–1907) a Russian scientist who invented the 
periodic table, which is a list of all the 
elements (=basic chemical substances) arranged according to their 
atomic number  [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲