Dictionary Definition
Huygens n : Dutch physicist who first formulated
the wave theory of light (1629-1695) [syn: Christiaan
Huygens, Christian
Huygens]
Extensive Definition
Huygens can refer to:
- Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer, son of Constantijn Huygens
- Huygens' principle
- Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687), Dutch poet and composer, father of Christiaan Huygens
- Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan
- Huygens probe is the portion of the Cassini-Huygens mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005
- 2801 Huygens, an asteroid named after the astronomer
- Huygens Software, a microscope image processing package
- Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, (1563–1611), Dutch voyager and historian
- Huygens, one of Mars' crater
- Mons Huygens, the mountain of Earth's Moon
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