uranologist
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1. a physicist who studies astronomy (noun.person)
hypernym | : | physicist, |
definition | : | a scientist trained in physics (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | astrophysicist, |
definition | : | an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | cosmologist, |
definition | : | an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | anaximander, |
definition | : | a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | aristarchus of samos, |
definition | : | an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bessel, friedrich wilhelm bessel, |
definition | : | German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | bowditch, nathaniel bowditch, |
definition | : | United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | brahe, tycho brahe, |
definition | : | Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | anders celsius, celsius, |
definition | : | Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | eratosthenes, |
definition | : | Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | galileo, galileo galilei, |
definition | : | Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | george ellery hale, hale, |
definition | : | United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | asaph hall, hall, |
definition | : | United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | edmond halley, edmund halley, halley, |
definition | : | English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hipparchus, |
definition | : | Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | huggins, sir william huggins, |
definition | : | English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | hypatia, |
definition | : | Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | gerard kuiper, gerard peter kuiper, kuiper, |
definition | : | United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | langley, samuel pierpoint langley, |
definition | : | United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | laplace, marquis de laplace, pierre simon de laplace, |
definition | : | French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | lowell, percival lowell, |
definition | : | United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | maria mitchell, mitchell, |
definition | : | United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | newcomb, simon newcomb, |
definition | : | United States astronomer (1835-1909) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | omar khayyam, |
definition | : | Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jan hendrix oort, oort, |
definition | : | Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | benjamin peirce, peirce, |
definition | : | United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | claudius ptolemaeus, ptolemy, |
definition | : | Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | david rittenhouse, rittenhouse, |
definition | : | United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | sitter, willem de sitter, |
definition | : | Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | thales, thales of miletus, |
definition | : | a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC) (noun.person) |
domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | astronomy, uranology, |
definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | stargaze, |
definition | : | observe the stars (verb.perception) |
derivation | : | astronomy, uranology, |
definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | stargaze, |
definition | : | observe the stars (verb.perception) |
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