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EDMUND HALLEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
Synonyms:
Edmond Halley; Edmund Halley; Halley
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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