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JAN HENDRIX OORT

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Overview

JAN HENDRIX OORT (noun)
  The noun JAN HENDRIX OORT has 1 sense:

1. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)play

  Familiarity information: JAN HENDRIX OORT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JAN HENDRIX OORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jan Hendrix Oort; Oort

Instance hypernyms:

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


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