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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868);
[syn: Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Foucault n 1: French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868) [syn: Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault]