john tyndall

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   British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)

   SynonymsTyndall

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What does john tyndall mean?

john tyndall means "British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)".

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Close synonyms include Tyndall. 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.

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