/ Dictionary / Index H Huygens: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Huy•gens Pronunciation: (hī'gunz, hoi'- Du. hoi'gens), [key] 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: huygens (Thesaurus) Hu Yaobang Huygens eyepiece Related Content Daily Word Quiz: placid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language