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Lemaitre   /lɪmˈeɪtər/  /lɪmˈeɪtrə/   Listen
Lemaitre

noun
1.
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966).  Synonyms: Edouard Lemaitre, Georges Henri Lemaitre.





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"Lemaitre" Quotes from Famous Books



... the purpose of the writer, but it is what is due the reader. Stevenson says in one of his essays that a description which lasts longer than two minutes is never attempted in conversation. The listener cannot hold the details enumerated. The clearest statement regarding this comes from Jules Lemaitre in a criticism upon some descriptions by Emile Zola which the critic says are praised by persons who have ...
— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster


Words linked to "Lemaitre" :   cosmologist, Georges Henri Lemaitre


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