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Definition of Huyghenian

Huyghenian
Huyghenian Huy*ghe"ni*an, a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Christian Huyghens, a Dutch astronomer of the seventeenth century; as, the Huyghenian telescope. Huyghenian eyepieceSee under Eyepiece.

Meaning of Huyghenian from wikipedia

- Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, FRS (/ˈhaɪɡənz/ HY-gənz, US also /ˈhɔɪɡənz/ HOY-gənz; Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɦœyɣə(n)s] ; also spelled Huyghens; Latin:...
- Scientific career Fields Astronomy Thesis New Positions of the Stars in the Huyghenian Region of the Great Nebula of Orion (1910) Doctoral advisor Ormond Stone...
- remoteness of the exterior satellite, Titan by the superior size of the Huyghenian, while the three female appellations [Rhea, Dione, and Tethys] class together...
- the same mythology. Until then, Titan was known as the "Huygenian (or Huyghenian) satellite of Saturn" and the other moons had Roman numeral designations...