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SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE

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Overview

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (noun)
  The noun SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE has 1 sense:

1. English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)play

  Familiarity information: SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


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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