FOUCAULT

Foucault, Jean Bernard Leon 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)

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4 December 2024

SINGSONG

(verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong; “The porters singsonged the travellers’ luggage up the mountain”


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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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