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Secchi

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[sek-ee, sek-kee] / ˈsɛk i, ˈsɛk ki /

noun

  1. Pietro Angelo 1818–78, Italian Jesuit and astronomer.


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Caeleb Dressel, who set the world record back in 2021, was second in 51.62 with France's Clement Secchi third in 52.45.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

“We have baseline subsidies that are going up and up and up because we are not telling farmers to change the way you do things to adapt,” Secchi said.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

And although Be stars have been known for about 150 years -- having first been identified by renowned Italian astronomer Angelo Secchi in 1866 -- until now, no one has known how they were formed.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2023

Silvia Secchi, an economist and geographer at the University of Iowa, said a key problem with the legislation is that it doesn’t break new ground.

From Washington Post Aug. 14, 2022

When I entered the room, Father Secchi was examining the marks of martyrdom on them.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman

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