Babinet

/ (French babɪnɛ) /

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noun

Jacques (ʒɑk) 1794–1872, French physicist, noted for his work on the diffraction of light

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Words nearby Babinet

Bābī, Babia Góra, Babian Jiang, babiche, babies'-breath, Babinet, Babington, Babinski effect, Babinski's reflex, babirusa, Babism

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How to use Babinet in a sentence

In the opinion of M. Babinet, the phenomena of the tables offer no difficulty whatever!
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
We are fain to believe that M. Babinet himself has little doubt about his "impossibility."
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
What an admirable face Father Babinet, member of the reading committee of the Odon, will have!
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2|Gustave Flaubert
It became a very interesting question with them who this M. Babinet might be.
Pages From an Old Volume of Life|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Babinet had tried another form of the experiment previously.
The Ether of Space|Oliver Lodge