alhazen

Other Definitions
alhazen (enc)

Noun

Alhazen - 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)

Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham, Ibn al-Haytham

astronomer, uranologist, stargazer - a physicist who studies astronomy

mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics

physicist - a scientist trained in physics

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

algology
algometer
algometric
algometrical
algometry
algonkian
algonkin
algonquian
algonquian language
algonquin
algophobia

algophobic
algor
algorism
algorithm
algorithm error
algorithmic
algorithmic language
algorithmic program
algorithmic rule
algous
algren

alguazil
algum
alhambra
alhambraic
alhenna
ali
ali baba
alias
alibi
alibility
alible

alicant
alice b toklas
alice hamilton
alice malsenior walker
alice paul
alice walker
alicia alonso
alicyclic
alicyclic compound
alidad
alidade