Halley

[ hal-ee ]

noun

1. Edmund or Edmond, 1656–1742, English astronomer.

Halley

/ ˈhælɪ /

noun

1. HalleyEdmund16561742MEnglishSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Edmund. 1656–1742, English astronomer and mathematician. He predicted the return of the comet now known as Halley's comet , constructed charts of magnetic declination, and produced the first wind maps

Example Sentences

Halley's Comet orbits the Sun in the opposite direction from Earth and we cross this orbit twice a year, the other time being early May, which gives us the Eta Aquariids meteor shower.

From BBC

In 1990, he created his own one-man show, “Halley’s Comet,” in which he played a man looking back across the century, and which he toured as recently as 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

For decades, he traveled around the United States performing a one-man show he had penned about an 87-year-old man awaiting the return of Halley’s Comet.

From Los Angeles Times

Scientists at the British research base at Halley will visit to verify the size and health of the colony.

From BBC

The first-time writer and director Jade Halley Bartlett makes occasional rookie errors in this psychosexual drama.

From New York Times