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GERARD KUIPER

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GERARD KUIPER (noun)
  The noun GERARD KUIPER has 1 sense:

1. United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)play

  Familiarity information: GERARD KUIPER used as a noun is very rare.


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GERARD KUIPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gerard Kuiper; Gerard Peter Kuiper; Kuiper

Instance hypernyms:

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


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