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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742);
[syn: Halley, Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Edmond Halley
    n 1: English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to
         predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) [syn: Halley,
         Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley]