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Thomas Young   /tˈɑməs jəŋ/   Listen
Thomas Young

noun
1.
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829).  Synonym: Young.






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