(born Galileo Galilei) 1564-1642; It. astronomer, mathematician, & physicist: with the telescope, which he improved, he demonstrated the truth of the Copernican theory: condemned for heresy by the Inquisition
Galileo
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Noun
(plural galileos)
- The CGS unit of acceleration, equal to 1 centimetre per second per second. Symbol: Gal
Origin
Named in honour of Galileo Galilei
Proper noun
- 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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galileo - Computer Definition
A satellite-based radio navigation system initiated by the European Union and European Space Administration (ESA). Using 27 satellites and three spares, Galileo was designed to interoperate with the U.S. GPS and Russian GLONASS systems. Completion is expected in 2019 with positioning accuracy of one meter (GPS is 20m; GLONASS is 60m). The first Galileo satellite (GIOVE-A) was launched in late 2005. For more information, visit http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/satnav/galileo/index_en.htm. See GNSS and GPS.
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Sentence Examples
- 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.
- 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.
- On this account he was accused of impiety by the Stoic Cleanthes, just as Galileo, in later years, was attacked by the theologians.
- Nearly two years were passed in Geneva; visiting Italy in 1641, he remained during the winter of that year in Florence, studying the "paradoxes of the great star-gazer" Galileo, who died within a league of the city early in 1642.
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