HALLEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

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