Cassini

[ kuh-see-nee, kah- ]

noun
  1. O·leg [oh-leg], /ˈoʊ lɛg/, Oleg Cassini-Loiewski, 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.

  2. a walled plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 36 miles (56 km) in diameter.

  1. Geometry. oval of Cassini.

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Cassini

/ (kæˈsiːnɪ) /


noun
  1. Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division, the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons

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