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SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL

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SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL (noun)
  The noun SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL has 1 sense:

1. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)play

  Familiarity information: SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herschel; Sir Frederick William Herschel; Sir William Herschel; William Herschel

Instance hypernyms:

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


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