nicolaus steno

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Definition of nicolaus steno in English English dictionary

Danish Niels Steensen or Niels Stensen born Jan. 10, 1638, Copenhagen, Den. died Nov. 26, 1686, Schwerin, Prussia Danish geologist and anatomist. An eminent physician, in 1660 he discovered the parotid salivary duct (Stensen's duct). In his geologic observations, he was the first to realize that the Earth's crust contains a chronological history of geologic events that might be deciphered by careful study of rock strata and fossils, which he identified as the remains of ancient living organisms. In 1669 he made the fundamental crystallographic discovery that all quartz crystals have the same angles between corresponding faces. He later abandoned science for religion and became a priest in 1675

Hyphenation

Ni·co·la·us sten·o

Turkish pronunciation

nîkılauz stenō

Pronunciation

/ˈnəkəlouz ˈstenō/ /ˈnɪkəlaʊz ˈstɛnoʊ/