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JEAN BERNARD LEON FOUCAULT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Foucault; Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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