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SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE
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• SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (noun)
The noun SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE has 1 sense:
1. English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
Familiarity information: SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE used as a noun is very rare.
• SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sir Charles Wheatstone; Wheatstone
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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"Keep throwing eggs on the wall." (Cypriot proverb)