biography
pronunciation:
[babeenay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1794–1872)
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| biography:
| Physicist, born in Lusignan, W France. He standardized light measurement by using the red cadmium line's wavelength as the standard for the angstrom unit. Babinet's principle, that similar diffraction patterns are produced by two complementary screens, is named after him. |
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