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Galilei — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • galileo name Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer and physicist who improved the telescope and championed the idea that Earth orbits the Sun.

Senses

Galilei is used for these senses in English:

  • Galileo 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.

galileo — full definition

  1. name Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer and physicist who improved the telescope and championed the idea that Earth orbits the Sun.
  2. name The European Union's satellite navigation system.