| NOUN | person | Galileo, Galileo Galilei | Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars |
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| Sounds | gae.lahley'ow; gae.lahliy'ow | |
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| Rhymes | cacao ... paseo: 7 rhymes with eyow... | |
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| Meaning | Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642). | |
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| Synonym | Galileo Galilei | |
| Instance of | astronomer, uranologist, stargazer | A physicist who studies astronomy |
| Spanish | Galileo Galilei, Galileo | |
| Catalan | Galileo Galilei, Galileo | |
| Adjectives | Galilean | of or relating to Galileo or his works |
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