Galilean
1 Americanadjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Galilee
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an epithet of Jesus Christ
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(often plural) a Christian
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adjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Galilean1
First recorded in 1720–30; Galile(o) + -an
Origin of Galilean2
Example Sentences
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By looking through a telescope, you’ll be able to see Jupiter’s banded atmosphere and four Galilean moons, which may appear as tiny dots lined up around the planet, National Geographic says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean moons, which in addition to Io include Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
Arnold doesn’t feel comfortable using that term, preferring to say it depicts Christ as a person of color, probably Middle Eastern, which she says would make sense, given where the Galilean Jewish preacher was from.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023
The differential compositions of the four Galilean moons has puzzled researchers for decades—ever since the first high-quality density measurements of the satellites were obtained.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
With it he discovered sunspots, the phases of Venus, the craters of the Moon, and the four large moons of Jupiter now called, after him, the Galilean satellites.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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