Galileo

[ gal-uh-ley-oh, -lee-oh; for 1 also Italian gah-lee-le-aw ]

/ ˌgæl əˈleɪ oʊ, -ˈli oʊ; for 1 also Italian ˌgɑ liˈlɛ ɔ /

noun

Galileo Galilei, 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.

Aerospace. a U.S. space probe designed to take photographs and obtain other scientific information while orbiting the planet Jupiter.

Words nearby Galileo

Galilean satellite, Galilean satellites, Galilean telescope, Galilean transformation, galilee, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, galimatias, galingale, galinsoga, Galion

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Example sentences from the Web for Galileo

Along with Galileo, it represents Brecht at his epic apogee.
Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75|Katie Baker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aristotle and Galileo looked up at the same lights in the night sky.
How Liberty University Creates Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aristotle saw a universe with a stationary earth at the center and Galileo saw a universe with the earth in motion about the sun.
How Liberty University Creates Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Galileo, and those whom he instructed, were alone capable of making tolerable instruments.
The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler|David Brewster

It was not long before Galileo had new and equally important matter to announce.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
On 20th January, 1633, Galileo started on his weary journey to Rome, in compliance with this peremptory summons.
Great Astronomers|R. S. Ball
I told you, observe, that the old Galileo was lying on a piece of embroidered carpet.
Mornings in Florence|John Ruskin
It is common old gravity that had been known so long, that was perfectly familiar to Galileo, and probably to Archimedes.
Pioneers of Science|Oliver Lodge

British Dictionary definitions for Galileo (1 of 2)

Galileo¹

/ (ˌɡælɪˈleɪəʊ) /

noun

full name Galileo Galilei. 1564–1642, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He discovered the isochronism of the pendulum and demonstrated that falling bodies of different weights descend at the same rate. He perfected the refracting telescope, which led to his discovery of Jupiter's satellites, sunspots, and craters on the Earth's moon. He was forced by the Inquisition to recant his support of the Copernican system

British Dictionary definitions for Galileo (2 of 2)

Galileo²

/ (ˌɡælɪˈleɪəʊ) /

noun

a US spacecraft, launched 1989, that entered orbit around Jupiter in late 1995 to study the planet and its major satellites; burned up in the planet's atmosphere in 2003

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Cultural definitions for Galileo

Galileo

[ (gal-uh-lee-oh, gal-uh-lay-oh) ]

An Italian scientist of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; his full name was Galileo Galilei. Galileo proved that objects with different masses fall at the same velocity. One of the first persons to use a telescope to examine objects in the sky, he saw the moons of Jupiter, the mountains on the moon, and sunspots.

notes for Galileo

Authorities of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo to renounce his belief in the model of the solar system proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Galileo had to assert that the Earth stands still, and the sun revolves around it. A famous legend holds that Galileo, after making this public declaration about a motionless Earth, muttered, “Nevertheless, it does move.”

单词	galileo
释义	Galileo [ gal-uh-ley-oh, -lee-oh; for 1 also Italian gah-lee-le-aw ] / ˌgæl əˈleɪ oʊ, -ˈli oʊ; for 1 also Italian ˌgɑ liˈlɛ ɔ / noun Galileo Galilei, 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer. Aerospace. a U.S. space probe designed to take photographs and obtain other scientific information while orbiting the planet Jupiter. Words nearby Galileo Galilean satellite, Galilean satellites, Galilean telescope, Galilean transformation, galilee, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, galimatias, galingale, galinsoga, Galion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Galileo Along with Galileo, it represents Brecht at his epic apogee. Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75\|Katie Baker\|September 10, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Aristotle and Galileo looked up at the same lights in the night sky. How Liberty University Creates Creationists\|Karl W. Giberson\|March 2, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Aristotle saw a universe with a stationary earth at the center and Galileo saw a universe with the earth in motion about the sun. How Liberty University Creates Creationists\|Karl W. Giberson\|March 2, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Galileo, and those whom he instructed, were alone capable of making tolerable instruments. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler\|David Brewster It was not long before Galileo had new and equally important matter to announce. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8\|Various On 20th January, 1633, Galileo started on his weary journey to Rome, in compliance with this peremptory summons. Great Astronomers\|R. S. Ball I told you, observe, that the old Galileo was lying on a piece of embroidered carpet. Mornings in Florence\|John Ruskin It is common old gravity that had been known so long, that was perfectly familiar to Galileo, and probably to Archimedes. Pioneers of Science\|Oliver Lodge British Dictionary definitions for Galileo (1 of 2) Galileo¹ / (ˌɡælɪˈleɪəʊ) / noun full name Galileo Galilei. 1564–1642, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He discovered the isochronism of the pendulum and demonstrated that falling bodies of different weights descend at the same rate. He perfected the refracting telescope, which led to his discovery of Jupiter's satellites, sunspots, and craters on the Earth's moon. He was forced by the Inquisition to recant his support of the Copernican system British Dictionary definitions for Galileo (2 of 2) Galileo² / (ˌɡælɪˈleɪəʊ) / noun a US spacecraft, launched 1989, that entered orbit around Jupiter in late 1995 to study the planet and its major satellites; burned up in the planet's atmosphere in 2003 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Galileo Galileo [ (gal-uh-lee-oh, gal-uh-lay-oh) ] An Italian scientist of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; his full name was Galileo Galilei. Galileo proved that objects with different masses fall at the same velocity. One of the first persons to use a telescope to examine objects in the sky, he saw the moons of Jupiter, the mountains on the moon, and sunspots. notes for Galileo Authorities of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo to renounce his belief in the model of the solar system proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Galileo had to assert that the Earth stands still, and the sun revolves around it. A famous legend holds that Galileo, after making this public declaration about a motionless Earth, muttered, “Nevertheless, it does move.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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