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WHEATSTONE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
Synonyms:
Sir Charles Wheatstone; Wheatstone
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Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)