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type n
lex_filenum 18
def an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century
def established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
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Instance Hypernym mathematician; physicist; astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
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Instance Hyponym astronomer, uranologist, stargazer; mathematician; physicist

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