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EDMUND HALLEY

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EDMUND HALLEY (noun)
  The noun EDMUND 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: EDMUND HALLEY used as a noun is very rare.


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EDMUND 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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