noun
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)
• Syn: ↑Galileo Galilei
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Galilean
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.