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Alhazen Definition & Meaning

alhazen
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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What does alhazen mean?
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)
What part of speech is alhazen?
Alhazen is a noun.

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