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Huygenian

Huygenian adjective: pertaining to, or invented by, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer of the 17th century.

Adjective

Huygenian (comparative more Huygenian, superlative most Huygenian)

  1. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer of the 17th century.
    • the Huygenian eyepiece
    • the Huygenian telescope

Forms of Huygenian

comparativemore Huygenian
superlativemost Huygenian

Origin of Huygenian

From Huygens + -ian.

Questions about Huygenian

What does Huygenian mean?
Huygenian means pertaining to, or invented by, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer of the 17th century.
What part of speech is Huygenian?
Huygenian is an adjective.

Words near Huygenian in the dictionary

  1. Huyen Lallong
  2. Huyen Lalon
  3. Huyen Lalong
  4. Huyen Langlon
  5. Huyen Lanlong
  6. Huygenian
  7. Huygens
  8. Huygens' principle
  9. Huygens-Fresnel principle
  10. Huygenses
  11. Huyghenian

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