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WILLEM DE SITTER
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• WILLEM DE SITTER (noun)
The noun WILLEM DE SITTER has 1 sense:
1. Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
Familiarity information: WILLEM DE SITTER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sitter; Willem de Sitter
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
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