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Meaning of bacon

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bacon
      n 1: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually
           sliced thin and fried
      2: 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) [syn: {Bacon}, {Roger Bacon}]
      3: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British
         empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn:
         {Bacon}, {Francis Bacon}, {Sir Francis Bacon}, {Baron
         Verulam}, {1st Baron Verulam}, {Viscount St. Albans}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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