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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829);
[syn: Young, Thomas Young]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Thomas Young
    n 1: British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave
         theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of
         color vision; he also played an important role in
         deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone
         (1773-1829) [syn: Young, Thomas Young]