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CHRISTIAN HUYGENS

• CHRISTIAN HUYGENS (noun)
The noun CHRISTIAN HUYGENS has 1 sense:

1. Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)

Familiarity information: CHRISTIAN HUYGENS used as a noun is very rare.

• CHRISTIAN HUYGENS (noun)

Sense 1

Christian Huygens ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christiaan Huygens; Christian Huygens; Huygens

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

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