galileo
IPA: gæɫʌɫˈioʊ
noun
- The CGS unit of acceleration, equal to 1 centimetre per second per second (1 centimeter per second squared, 1cm/s^2). Symbol: Gal
- Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics.
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Examples of "galileo" in Sentences
- Galileo atmospheric probe entry.
- Galileo was not a martyr of science.
- Galileo was an empiricist and scientist.
- Galileo was not threatened with torture.
- It encapsulates the experiments of Galileo.
- In the case of Galileo it was the Inquisition.
- In the case of Galileo, it was also the inquisition.
- In none of the three baptismal records is Galileo named as the father.
- On the contrary, Bellarmine went out of his way to conciliate Galileo.
- The church put Galileo in prison for the rest of his life for being truthful.
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