| foucault |
| Foucault |
| foucault | (n) 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), Syn. Jean Bernard Leon Foucault |
| foucault pendulum | (n) pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth's rotation |
| Foucault current | [ After J. B. L. |
| 福柯 | [福 柯] Foucault #69,696 [Add to Longdo] |
| 傅科摆 | [傅 科 摆 / 傅 科 擺] Foucault's pendulum #455,245 [Add to Longdo] |
| フーコーの振り子 | [フーコーのふりこ, fu-ko-nofuriko] (n) Foucault's pendulum [Add to Longdo] |