Galileo Galilei

American  

noun

1. Italian physicist and astronomer, 1564–1642.

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Galileo Galilei Scientific  

/ găl′ə-lā′ōgăl′ə-lā′ /

1. Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. He was the first to use a telescope to study the stars and planets, and he discovered various astronomical phenomena and physical principles.

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Example Sentences

The astronomer Galileo Galilei stayed here several times in the 17th century, until the family of artistic patrons eventually sold it off.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2024

On Earth in 1633, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei went on trial in Rome for saying that the Earth revolved around the sun.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Galileo Galilei was already convinced of that in the 16th century.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023

A key part of the plan involved the commercial development of an adjacent parcel of land—thirteen acres in the triangle between Broadway and Main Street, with Galileo Galilei Way as its base.

From Salon • May 15, 2022

Even Newton, though, relied on his immediate predecessors, in particular Galileo Galilei and René Descartes, and in that sense his contributions followed naturally from what went before.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin