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TYNDALL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
John Tyndall; Tyndall
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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