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/ˌɡæɫəˈɫiən/
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ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to Galileo or his works
- of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants
NOUN
- one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo
- an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)
How To Use Galilean In A Sentence
- An expert amateur astronomer in Arizona has captured a terrific photo of Jupiter and its Galilean moons with an Apple iPhone and a Meade catadioptric telescope. IPodObserver
- The bright frame and spherical mirror are coated onto the lenses of a reverse-Galilean viewfinder.
- A British Astronomer Royal, George Airy, saw another dark spot that recorded as being nearly four times bigger than shadows cast by Jupiter’s main Galilean moons. Amateur Astronomers Capture Collision on Jupiter | Impact Lab
- On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.
- This sort of transformation is referred to as a Galilean velocity transformation. Relativity: Newtonian relativity « Skulls in the Stars
- Not only are they moving too quickly -- indeed, the Galilean is running faster than he ever has before -- but the dust kicking up from the road is swirling around him in a red cloud. Under the fig tree
- There is no evidence that Galilean Jews were less observant than Jews who lived in Jerusalem and Judaea.
- Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites -- reddish Io upper left SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Ignacio Mosqueira -- Worlds in the Making
- In Luke 13, Jesus dealt with those who insisted a particu lar tragedy in his day was an act of God, when he said: Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu …
- His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Ulysses
