EDMUND HALLEY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

• EDMUND HALLEY (noun)
  The noun EDMUND HALLEY has 1 sense:

1. English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)

  Familiarity information: EDMUND HALLEY used as a noun is very rare.

• EDMUND HALLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edmond Halley; Edmund Halley; Halley

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)