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AL-HAYTHAM
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• AL-HAYTHAM (noun)
The noun AL-HAYTHAM has 1 sense:
1. an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
Familiarity information: AL-HAYTHAM used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; al-Haytham; Alhacen; Alhazen; Ibn al-Haytham
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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