Definition of Roger Bacon

1. Noun. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292).

Exact synonyms: Bacon
Generic synonyms: Monastic, Monk, Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roger Bacon

rogation
rogations
Rogation Day
rogatory
roger
Roger's bruit
Roger's disease
Roger's murmur
Roger's reflex
Roger-Anderson pin fixation appliance
rogered
rogering
rogerings
Rogers
Rogers' sphygmomanometer
Roger Bacon (current term)
Roger Bannister
Roger Brooke Taney
Roger de Mortimer
Roger Eliot Fry
Roger Fry
Roger Huntington Sessions
Roger Sessions
Roger Sherman
Roger Taney
Roger Williams
Roget
rogowski loop or coil
rogue
rogue

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