Associations to the word «Alhazen»
Noun
- Optic
- Optics
- Ptolemy
- Aristotle
- Hasan
- Mathematician
- Bacon
- Descartes
- Caliph
- Treatise
- Abu
- Contradiction
- Geometry
- Astronomer
- Physicist
- Al
- Lens
- Astronomy
- Arab
- Perception
- Mirror
- Crater
- Scientist
- Roger
- Ca
- Physic
- Experiment
- Illusion
- Vision
- Reflection
- Philosopher
- Camera
- Formula
- Explanation
- Physics
- Perspective
- Theory
- Sum
- Translation
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Problem
- Method
- Phenomenon
- Moon
- Century
- Motion
- Philosophy
- Work
- Extension
- Scholar
- Book
- Observation
- Image
- Influence
- Object
- Ray
- Light
- Doubt
- Tradition
- Ad
- Writing
- Science
- Founder
- Surface
Adjective
Dictionary definition
ALHAZEN, noun. 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).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.