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AUGUSTIN JEAN FRESNEL

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AUGUSTIN JEAN FRESNEL (noun)
  The noun AUGUSTIN JEAN FRESNEL has 1 sense:

1. French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)play

  Familiarity information: AUGUSTIN JEAN FRESNEL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


AUGUSTIN JEAN FRESNEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Augustin Jean Fresnel; Fresnel

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)


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