Associations to the word «Hipparchus»

Wiktionary

HIPPARCHUS, proper noun. An ancient Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician.

Dictionary definition

HIPPARCHUS, noun. Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC).

Wise words

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