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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893);
[syn: Tyndall, John Tyndall]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tyndall n 1: British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893) [syn: Tyndall, John Tyndall]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Tyndall, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota Population (2000): 1239 Housing Units (2000): 579 Land area (2000): 1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km) FIPS code: 64860 Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46 Location: 42.991775 N, 97.863539 W ZIP Codes (1990): 57066 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Tyndall, SD Tyndall