WILLEM DE SITTER

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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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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

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