Shapley

[ shap-lee ]

/ ˈʃæp li /

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noun

Har·low

[hahr-loh], /ˈhɑr loʊ/, 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.

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Words nearby Shapley

shapeshifter, shape-up, shapewear, Shapiro, shapka, Shapley, Shara, Sharaku, Sharansky, shard, Shardana

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How to use Shapley in a sentence

Shapley put this fact to use just a few years later, measuring distances to Cepheids within globular clusters of stars to figure out the sun’s position in the Milky Way.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
That sparkling pocket watch was the Milky Way, and at the time Shapley wrote this, astronomers were just beginning to conceive that anything at all might lie beyond it.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
He argued for the then-standard view that the Milky Way was much smaller than Shapley supposed.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
Shapley, who was in his 30s and considered a rising star in the field, went first.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News

Shapley built on work by Henrietta Leavitt, one of a group of women “computers” at Harvard University who pored over photographic plates capturing the night sky.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
The New York Times' Catherine Rampell recounts Shapley's work from way back (at least for me) in the 1950s.
Meet the Nobel* Winners in Economics|Justin Green|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Allied to the preceding hypothesis is Shapley's nebular hypothesis.
Climatic Changes|Ellsworth Huntington
Presently the car turned into the gravelled drive, and Hugh found himself at Shapley.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo|William Le Queux
Until six o'clock he waited, when, in blank despair, he mounted beside Mead again and drove back to Shapley Manor.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo|William Le Queux
On his return to Shapley he found Louise and Mrs. Bond sitting together in the charming, old-world drawing-room.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo|William Le Queux
If the police suspect that Henfrey is at Shapley, then they'll visit the place and have a decided haul.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo|William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for Shapley

Shapley

/ (ˈʃæplɪ) /

noun

Harlow. 1885–1972, US astronomer, director of the Harvard College Observatory (1922–56): noted for his work on the size and structure of the galaxy

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