1. French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827); [syn: Fresnel, Augustin Jean Fresnel]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Augustin Jean Fresnel
n 1: French physicist who invented polarized light and invented
the Fresnel lens (1788-1827) [syn: Fresnel, Augustin
Jean Fresnel]