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Lemaître

[ luh-me-truh ]

noun

  1. Fran·cois É·lie Jules [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, ey-, lee, zh, y, l], 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
  2. Ab·bé Georges É·douard [a-, bey, zhawrzh ey-, dwar], 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.


Lemaître

/ ləmɛtr /

noun

  1. LemaîtreGeorges (Édouard)18941966MBelgianSCIENCE: astronomerRELIGION: clergyman Abbé Georges ( Édouard ) (ʒɔrʒ). 1894–1966, Belgian astronomer and priest, who first proposed the big-bang theory of the universe (1927)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

While the ONDCP will continue its other studies, Lemaitre admits that something will be missing without this one.

Rafael Lemaitre, communications director for the ONDCP, admits that ADAM was a very valuable resource.

M. Ferdinand Lemaitre proposes to establish an aerostatic bridge between Calais and Dover.

He had no perception then of Bourget's fear of hell, or of Lemaitre's want of moral equilibrium.

Lemaitre was not deceived by the manager's sudden change of base.

Lemaitre was so in love with the part that he used often to play it off the stage.

Lemaitre did not often speak to his audience with so much submissiveness.

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