ibn al-haytham

What does ibn al-haytham mean?

ibn al-haytham means "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)".

What is another word for ibn al-haytham?

Close synonyms include Alhazen, Alhacen, al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ibn al-haytham a common word?

ibn al-haytham is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ibn al-haytham come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.