Lemaître

[ luh-me-truh ]

noun

1. Fran·cois É·lie Jules [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, ey-, lee, zh, y, l], 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
2. Ab·bé Georges É·douard [a-, bey, zhawrzh ey-, dwar], 1894–1966, Belgian astrophysicist and priest: formulated big-bang theory.

Lemaître

/ ləmɛtr /

noun

1. LemaîtreGeorges (Édouard)18941966MBelgianSCIENCE: astronomerRELIGION: clergyman Abbé Georges ( Édouard ) (ʒɔrʒ). 1894–1966, Belgian astronomer and priest, who first proposed the big-bang theory of the universe (1927)

Example Sentences

While the ONDCP will continue its other studies, Lemaitre admits that something will be missing without this one.

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Rafael Lemaitre, communications director for the ONDCP, admits that ADAM was a very valuable resource.

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M. Ferdinand Lemaitre proposes to establish an aerostatic bridge between Calais and Dover.

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He had no perception then of Bourget's fear of hell, or of Lemaitre's want of moral equilibrium.

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Lemaitre was not deceived by the manager's sudden change of base.

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Lemaitre was so in love with the part that he used often to play it off the stage.

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Lemaitre did not often speak to his audience with so much submissiveness.

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