Associations to the word «Foucault»

Wiktionary

FOUCAULT, proper noun. Michel Foucault
FOUCAULT CURRENT, noun. (physics) An eddy current.
FOUCAULT CURRENTS, noun. Plural of Foucault current
FOUCAULT PENDULUM, noun. Foucault's pendulum

Dictionary definition

FOUCAULT, noun. French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868).

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.
William Butler Yeats