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WILLEM DE SITTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
Synonyms:
Sitter; Willem de Sitter
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Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)