HyperDic: hipparchus

English > 1 sense of the word Hipparchus:
NOUNperson HipparchusGreek 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)
English > Hipparchus: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningGreek 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).
Instance ofastronomer, uranologist, stargazerA physicist who studies astronomy
mathematicianA person skilled in mathematics
SpanishHiparco
CatalanHiparc de Nicea, Hipparchus

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