thomas young

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thomas young - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Thomas Young
      n 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) [syn: Young, Thomas Young]