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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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);
[syn: Galileo, Galileo Galilei]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Galileo Galilei
    n 1: 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) [syn: Galileo, Galileo Galilei]