Alhazen
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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)
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- astronomer instance hypernym
- mathematician instance hypernym
- physicist instance hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | astronomer |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | mathematician |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | physicist |