WHEATSTONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Sir Charles Wheatstone; Wheatstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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