HyperDic: edmond_halley

English > 1 sense of the expression Edmond Halley:
NOUNperson Edmond Halley, Halley, Edmund HalleyEnglish astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
English > Edmond Halley: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742).
SynonymsHalley, Edmund Halley
Instance ofastronomer, uranologist, stargazerA physicist who studies astronomy
SpanishEdmond Halley, Edmund Halley
CatalanEdmond Halley, Edmund Halley, Halley

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