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EDMOND HALLEY
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• EDMOND HALLEY (noun)
The noun EDMOND HALLEY has 1 sense:
1. English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
Familiarity information: EDMOND HALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edmond Halley; Edmund Halley; Halley
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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