NOUN | person | Galileo Galilei, Galileo | Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars |
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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 | |
Instance of | astronomer, uranologist, stargazer | A physicist who studies astronomy |
Spanish | Galileo Galilei, Galileo | |
Catalan | Galileo Galilei, Galileo |
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