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BESSEL

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Overview

BESSEL (noun)
  The noun BESSEL has 1 sense:

1. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)play

  Familiarity information: BESSEL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BESSEL (noun)


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Meaning:

German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)


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