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English > 1 sense of the word Wheatstone:
NOUNperson Wheatstone, Sir Charles WheatstoneEnglish physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875 )
English > Wheatstone: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875 ).
SynonymSir Charles Wheatstone
Instance ofinventor, discoverer, artificersomeone who is the first to think of or make something
physicistA scientist trained in physics