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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.

• EDMOND HALLEY (noun)

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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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