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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley