1. (

• bacon

) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried ;

2. (

• Bacon ,
• Roger_Bacon

) 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) ;

3. (

• Bacon ,
• Francis_Bacon ,
• Sir_Francis_Bacon ,
• Baron_Verulam ,
• 1st_Baron_Verulam ,
• Viscount_St._Albans

) English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) ;