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):
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]