Huygens
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- proper noun
- Within three years, in his book Systema Saturnium, Huygens went public with his proposal.
- Christiaan Huygens
- Constantijn Huygens
- Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens
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Watch on YouTubeLikewise, Descartes writes to the Dutch scientist Huygens, and Huygens had recently lost his wife.
- Likewise, Descartes writes to the Dutch scientist Huygens, and Huygens had recently lost his wife.
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The coronation was not, however, the spectacle in which visiting Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens was interested that day.
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Among his friends were members of the literary and erudite circles to which Huygens, too, belonged.
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Late that year, he had made a drawing of Huygens and Susanna on a single piece of paper.
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We come closer to our painting with the help of Constantijn Huygens himself.
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By 7 February 1637, the construction had advanced enough for Huygens to proceed with the sale of the house they had occupied.
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One day after Susanna's burial, Huygens, now a widower with five children, moved into his new house.
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Likewise, Descartes writes to the Dutch scientist Huygens, and Huygens had recently lost his wife.
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For years, Huygens had exchanged affectionate letters with Dorothea van Dorp, the daughter of a neighbor.
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By 1660, Dutch astronomer Christian Huygens had perfected the pendulum clock.
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In 1655, Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens became the first to determine that Saturn has multiple rings.
Synonyms
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A Dutch scientist from the 1600s who studied light, movement and planets
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Etymology
Huygens is a Dutch family name from the old given name Huygen, a form of Hugo, like the English name Hugh, which comes from a word for 'mind' or 'spirit'. So Christiaan Huygens simply carried this family name, and today Huygens refers to the famous Dutch scientist known for the wave theory of light.