noun
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
• Syn: ↑Georges Henri Lemaitre, ↑Edouard Lemaitre
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑cosmologist
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/leuh me"trddeu/, n.
1. Francois Élie Jules /frddahonn swann" ay lee" zhyuul/, 1835-1915, French critic and dramatist.
2. Abbé Georges Édouard Fr. /zhawrddzh ay dwannrdd"/, 1894-1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.