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Galileo

DEFINITIONS OF: Galileo

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n Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)

Synonyms:
Galileo Galilei
Example of:
astronomer, stargazer, uranologist
a physicist who studies astronomy
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