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English noun: Jean Bernard Leon Foucault | |||
| 1. | Jean Bernard Leon Foucault (person) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
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