JOHN TYNDALL

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• JOHN TYNDALL (noun)
  The noun JOHN TYNDALL has 1 sense:

1. British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)

  Familiarity information: JOHN TYNDALL used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN TYNDALL (noun)

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Meaning:

British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Tyndall; Tyndall

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)