Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; 
 invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868); 
[syn: Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jean Bernard Leon Foucault
    n 1: French physicist who determined the speed of light and
         showed that it travels slower in water than in air;
         invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope
         (1819-1868) [syn: Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon Foucault]