ROGER BACON

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• ROGER BACON (noun)
  The noun ROGER BACON has 1 sense:

1. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

  Familiarity information: ROGER BACON used as a noun is very rare.

• ROGER BACON (noun)

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Meaning:

English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bacon; Roger Bacon

Instance hypernyms:

monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)

scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)