Associations to the word «Eratosthenes»
Noun
- Estimate
- Map
- Contemporary
- Stadium
- Alexander
- Sphere
- Angle
- Globe
- Size
- Prime
- Mare
- Exploration
- Distance
- Abu
- Soap
- Accuracy
- Sun
- Murder
- Galaxy
- Succession
- Speech
- Observation
- Wheel
- Myth
- Historian
- Shadow
- Steel
- Voyage
- Poet
- Chronicle
- Error
- Arc
- Reign
- Sleeping
- Snake
- Smell
- Cluster
- Scholar
- Predecessor
- Measure
- Knowledge
- Moon
- Method
- Burn
- Great
- Library
- Cotton
- Experiment
- Ocean
- Conservation
- Extent
- Mention
- Circle
- Text
- Agriculture
- Asia
- Century
- Value
- Successor
- Length
- Writer
- Index
- Argument
- While
- Author
- Statistics
- Say
- Disorder
- Return
- Discovery
- Poem
Adjective
Dictionary definition
ERATOSTHENES, noun. Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC).
Wise words
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Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.