Ibn al-Haytham

ib·nal·hayt·ham

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noun

1.

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)

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noun
singular	ibn al-haytham
plural	ibn al-haythams

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