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  • 11Foucault — Foucault, Michel …

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  • 12Foucault — (izg. fukȍ) DEFINICIJA 1. Léon (1819 1868), francuski fizičar, poznat po dostignućima iz elektriciteta i optike, pridonio točnom određenju brzine svjetlosti 2. Michel (1926 1984), francuski filozof, strukturalist, istraživao principe… …

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  • 13Foucault — [fo͞o kō′] 1. Jean Bernard Léon [zhän ber nȧr′ lā ōn′] 1819 68; Fr. physicist 2. Michel 1926 84; Fr. philosopher …

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  • 14Foucault — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Prénom Foucault, est un prénom de racines germaniques: Folcwald, de folc, peuple, et, wald, gouverner. Patronyme Foucault, est un patronyme très répandu… …

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  • 15Foucault — The name Foucault can refer to: *Michel Foucault (philosopher) *Léon Foucault (physicist) **Foucault pendulum *** Foucault s Pendulum (book), a 1988 book by Umberto Eco **Foucault current, electromagnetic phenomenon also known as eddy current… …

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  • 16Foucault — /fooh koh /, n. Jean Bernard Léon /zhahonn berdd nannrdd lay awonn /, 1819 68, French physicist. * * * (as used in expressions) Foucault pendulum Foucault Jean Bernard Léon Foucault Michel Paul * * * …

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  • 17Foucault — noun French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819 1868) • Syn: ↑Jean Bernard Leon Foucault • Instance Hypernyms: ↑physicist …

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  • 18Foucault — Fou|cault, Jean Ber|nard Lé|on (1819 68) a French scientist who studied the speed of light. He invented Foucault s Pendulum, an object that swings on a wire and shows how the Earth spins around. He also invented the ↑gyroscope …

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  • 19Foucault — Foucaud, Foucault Nom de personne d origine germanique, Folcwald (folc = peuple + wald = gouverner). Le patronyme est très répandu dans l Ouest. Variantes : Foucauld, Foucaut, Foucaux …

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  • 20Foucault — n. family name; Michel Foucault (1926 1984), French philosopher who had much influence on the humanities and social sciences …

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