GEORGES HENRI LEMAITRE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)

Synonyms:

Edouard Lemaitre; Georges Henri Lemaitre; Lemaitre

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

cosmologist (an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe)

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