willem de sitter

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   Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)

   SynonymsSitter

   Broaderastronomer

Questions about willem de sitter

What does willem de sitter mean?

willem de sitter means "Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)".

What is another word for willem de sitter?

Close synonyms include Sitter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is willem de sitter a common word?

willem de sitter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.