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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
al-haytham is a noun meaning "an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)". It carries one recorded sense.
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for al-haytham come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.