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Huygens

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Huy·gens  (hgnz, hoigns), Christiaan 1629-1695.
Dutch physicist and astronomer who discovered Saturn's rings (1655), pioneered the use of pendulums in clocks (1657), and formulated Huygens' principle.
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Noun1.Huygens - Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
Christiaan Huygens, Christian Huygens


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