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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Fou•cault (fo̅o̅ kō′),USA pronunciation n. Jean Ber•nard Lé•on (zhän ber nar′ lā ôn′),USA pronunciation 1819–68, French physicist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Foucault /French: fuko/ n - Jean Bernard Léon (ʒɑ̃ bɛrnar leɔ̃). 1819–68, French physicist. He determined the velocity of light and proved that light travels more slowly in water than in air (1850). He demonstrated by means of the pendulum named after him the rotation of the earth on its axis (1851) and invented the gyroscope (1852)
- Michel. 1926–84, French philosopher and historian of ideas. His publications include Histoire de la folie (1961) and Les Mots et les choses (1966)
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