Jacques Babinet
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Jacques Babinet was a 19th-century French physicist and optician best known for his work on diffraction and for formulating Babinet's principle in wave optics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jacques Babinet canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5903357 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Babinet Context triple: [Babinet's principle, namedAfter, Jacques Babinet]
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Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie was a French nobleman and military officer best known as the aristocratic father of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and grandfather of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
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Jean-Baptiste Baille
Jean-Baptiste Baille was a 19th-century French physicist and close friend of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola, known for his contributions to optics and his role in the intellectual circle of Aix-en-Provence.
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François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin was a French zoologist and herpetologist known for his pioneering taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas
Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas was a French lawyer, revolutionary politician, and close ally of Robespierre who served as a deputy to the National Convention during the French Revolution.
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E.
François Arago
François Arago was a 19th-century French astronomer, physicist, and politician known for his work on the wave theory of light, electromagnetism, and for promoting science and republican ideals in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Babinet Target entity description: Jacques Babinet was a 19th-century French physicist and optician best known for his work on diffraction and for formulating Babinet's principle in wave optics.
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A.
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie was a French nobleman and military officer best known as the aristocratic father of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and grandfather of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
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B.
Jean-Baptiste Baille
Jean-Baptiste Baille was a 19th-century French physicist and close friend of Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola, known for his contributions to optics and his role in the intellectual circle of Aix-en-Provence.
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C.
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin was a French zoologist and herpetologist known for his pioneering taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas
Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas was a French lawyer, revolutionary politician, and close ally of Robespierre who served as a deputy to the National Convention during the French Revolution.
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E.
François Arago
François Arago was a 19th-century French astronomer, physicist, and politician known for his work on the wave theory of light, electromagnetism, and for promoting science and republican ideals in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French scientist
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human ⓘ optician ⓘ physical principle ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| appliesTo | diffraction ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| familyName | Babinet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diffraction
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optics ⓘ physics ⓘ wave optics ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasPrincipleNamedAfter | Babinet's principle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to wave optics
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formulation of Babinet's principle ⓘ work on diffraction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
Académie des Sciences
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| name | Jacques Babinet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jacques Babinet ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Babinet's principle ⓘ |
| occupation |
optician
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physicist ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Babinet Description of subject: Jacques Babinet was a 19th-century French physicist and optician best known for his work on diffraction and for formulating Babinet's principle in wave optics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.