Galileo
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The renowned Italian astronomer and mathematician (1564-1642) who pioneered telescopic observation of the heavens and demonstrated that objects of different mass fall at the same rate.
“Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons provided compelling evidence against the Earth-centred view of the universe.”
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gal·i·le·o
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Ends in -EO and contains G, A, L, I, L, E, O with two L's, the repeated L is the key letter to note
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