Leverrier

[ luh-ver-ee-ey; French luh-ve-ryey ]

noun

1. Ur·bain Jean Jo·seph [y, r, -, ban, zhah, n, zhaw-, zef], 1811–77, French astronomer.

Leverrier

/ ləvɛrje /

noun

1. LeverrierUrbain Jean Joseph18111877MFrenchSCIENCE: astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph (yrbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf). 1811–77, French astronomer: calculated the existence and position of the planet Neptune

Example Sentences

"Britain is dominating cycling at the moment and that is promoting it better than anything else," said Leverrier, a 35-year-old banker.

From Reuters

Looking in the window of an Evans store in the Canary Wharf financial district, London-based Frenchman Corentin Leverrier says he is tempted to take up cycling again.

From Reuters

Leverrier predicted the existence and the place of the planet Neptune, but it was not until sometime later that Galle actually found the planet at the predicted spot.

From Project Gutenberg

Prof. Newcomb said of Adams, the co-discoverer of Neptune with Leverrier, “Adams’ intellect was one of the keenest I ever knew.

From Project Gutenberg

It is probably not generally known that “some of the greatest astronomers of modern times, such as Kepler, Newton, Hansen, Laplace, and Leverrier, scarcely ever looked through a telescope.”

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