1. an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001); [syn: Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fred Hoyle
n 1: an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state
theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis
inside stars (1915-2001) [syn: Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir
Fred Hoyle]