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HUGGINS
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• HUGGINS (noun)
The noun HUGGINS has 1 sense:
1. English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910)
Familiarity information: HUGGINS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Huggins; Sir William Huggins
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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