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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ibn al-Haytham Ibn al-Haytham n : an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040) [syn: Alhazen, al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham ]