Alhacen

Definitions of Alhacen
  1. noun
    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)
    synonyms: Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, Alhazen, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Haytham
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    astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
    a physicist who studies astronomy
    mathematician
    a person skilled in mathematics
    physicist
    a scientist trained in physics
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