Borelli

[ baw-rel-ee, buh-; Italian baw-rel-lee ]

noun

1. Gio·van·ni Al·fon·so [joh-, vah, -nee al-, fon, -soh, -zoh, jee-, uh, -, jaw-, vahn, -nee ahl-, fawn, -zaw], 1608–79, Italian astronomer, physicist, and physiologist.

Example Sentences

Borelli anticipates that the measure will spark legal challenges.

From Time

“People had dreams that they sacrificed to serve for our country,” Borelli shared.

From The Daily Beast

“The question is why Apple is applying pressure on an issue that it has no business interest in,” Borelli says.

From The Daily Beast

Excerpted from The Cocktail Dress by Laird Borelli-Persson © 2009.

From The Daily Beast

Borelli was the author of the oft-quoted maxim: "He who diagnoses well cures well."

From Project Gutenberg

Borelli sets out very definitely the mechanism of flight, in such fashion that he who runs may read.

From Project Gutenberg

Borelli in mathematics, Redi in natural history, and many others, enlarged the boundaries of knowledge.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the exaggerated mathematical calculations of Borelli himself are worth noting.

From Project Gutenberg

The anatomical peculiarities of the skull of the Polish breed were noticed by P. Borelli in 1656.

From Project Gutenberg