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EDOUARD LEMAITRE
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• EDOUARD LEMAITRE (noun)
The noun EDOUARD LEMAITRE has 1 sense:
1. Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
Familiarity information: EDOUARD LEMAITRE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edouard Lemaitre; Georges Henri Lemaitre; Lemaitre
Instance hypernyms:
cosmologist (an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe)
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