Young#4 (n)
Thomas Young (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def British physicist and Egyptologist
def he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision
def he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
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Instance Hypernym physicist; Egyptologist
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Instance Hyponym Egyptologist; physicist

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