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bacon (enc)
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Bacon| Noun | 1. | bacon - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and friedgammon - hind portion of a side of bacon | | | 2. | Bacon - English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)monastic, monk - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | | | 3. | Bacon - English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) | |
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