Galileo Definition

galəlāō, galəlēō
pronoun

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics.

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noun

The CGS unit of acceleration, equal to 1 centimetre per second per second. Symbol: Gal.

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Synonyms:
  • galileo galilei
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Noun

Singular:
Galileo
Plural:
galileos

Origin of Galileo

  • Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Sentence Examples

  • Incited by the discoveries of Galileo, Pascal and Torricelli, he attempted the, creation of a vacuum.

  • These dreary times, however, are brightened by one glorious name - that of Galileo Galilei.

  • In 1850 he published a tragedy, Galileo Galilei, and two volumes of his Lectures on the Atomic Theory and Essays Scientific and Literary appeared in 1858, with a preface by his kinsman Dr John Brown, the author of Horae Subsecivae.

  • On this account he was accused of impiety by the Stoic Cleanthes, just as Galileo, in later years, was attacked by the theologians.

  • I was told that it had been printed, but that every copy had been at the same time burnt at Rome, and that Galileo had been himself condemned to some penalty" 14 He has also seen a copy of Galileo's condemnation .

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Words Starting With

GGAGAL

Words Ending With

OEOLEO

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Galileo

Words Starting With G and Ending With O

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With G7 Letter Words Ending With O