Galileo
- Proper noun. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), an Italian thinker and key figure in the scientific revolution who improved the telescope, made astronomical observations, and put forward the basic principle of relativity in physics.
- Noun. The CGS unit of acceleration, equal to 1 centimetre per second per second. Symbol: '''Gal'''.
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