Oort

/ (ɔːt) /

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noun

Jan Hendrick. 1900–92, Dutch astronomer, who confirmed (1927) and developed the theory of galactic rotation. He was the first to propose (1950) the existence of a mass of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto (the Oort cloud)

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Words nearby Oort

oophorostomy, oophorotomy, oophyte, ooplasm, oops, Oort, Oort cloud, oory, oose, oosperm, oosphere

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How to use Oort in a sentence

From Fredericks-Oort they went on to Ommershaus, where is the poor-house and penal colony belonging to the former institution.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|John Yeardley
The Dutch scholars, Kuenen and Oort, believe that he wrote none.
The Bible|John E. Remsburg
Arachnothera longirostris buttikoferi van Oort: Little Spiderhunter.
Birds from North Borneo|Max C. Thompson
The good rich "widdow" whom he left soon changed her loneliness for the pleasures of married life, this time with Mr. John Oort.
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore

Van Oort renders it, "He looked for reason, but behold treason; and for right, but behold affright."
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar