Foucault

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Foucault pendulum (noun)
1. pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation
Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon
1. (1819-68) a French scientist who studied the speed of light. He invented Foucault's Pendulum, an object that swings on a wire and shows how the Earth spins around. He also invented the GYROSCOPE .
Jean Bernard Leon Foucault (noun)
1. 1819-1868 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
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of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

Foucault pendulum