NOUN | person | Tyndall, John Tyndall | British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments / experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere |
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Sounds | tih'ndahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments / experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893). | |
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Synonym | John Tyndall | |
Instance of | physicist | A scientist trained in physics |
Spanish | John Tyndall | |
Catalan | John Tyndall, Tyndall |
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