Meaning Of The Word Eratosthenes

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Eratosthenes in American English
275?-195? b.c.; Gr. geographer, astronomer, & mathematician

Eratosthenes in British English
noun: ?276–?194 bc, Greek mathematician and astronomer, who calculated the circumference of the earth by observing the angle of the sun's rays at different places

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