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    ALHACEN

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     I. (noun) 

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    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)play

    Synonyms:

    Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; al-Haytham; Alhacen; Alhazen; Ibn al-Haytham

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    Nouns denoting people

    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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