lemaitre

Le·maî·tre

[luh-me-truh]
noun
1.
Fran·cois É·lie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] , 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
2.
Abbé Georges É·douard [French zhawrzh ey-dwar] , 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.
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Lemaître (French ləmɛtr) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Abbé Georges (Édouard) (ʒɔrʒ). 1894--1966, Belgian astronomer and priest, who first proposed the big-bang theory of the universe (1927)

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