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    HALLEY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)play

    Synonyms:

    Edmond Halley; Edmund Halley; Halley

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

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

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