Meaning Of The Word Hipparchus
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Hipparchus Meaning
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Hipparchus in American English
2d cent. b.c.; Gr. astronomer Hipparchus in British English 1 noun: 2nd century bc, Greek astronomer. He discovered the precession of the equinoxes, calculated the length of the solar year, and developed trigonometry Hipparchus in British English 2 noun: a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 130 kilometres in diameter |
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