(n)United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988), Syn.Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman
(n)any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae, Syn.desert rat, Dipodomys phillipsii
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n. [ So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite. [ 1913 Webster ]