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HARLOW SHAPLEY

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Overview

HARLOW SHAPLEY (noun)
  The noun HARLOW SHAPLEY has 1 sense:

1. United States astronomer (1885-1972)play

  Familiarity information: HARLOW SHAPLEY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HARLOW SHAPLEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States astronomer (1885-1972)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harlow Shapley; Shapley

Instance hypernyms:

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


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