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Foucault

fou·cault

US/ˌfuˈkoʊ/ rare

noun

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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)

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Borrowed from French Foucault.

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