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hipparchus

Pronunciation:  hi'pârkus

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 Definition: [n]  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)
 
 See Also: astronomer, mathematician, stargazer, uranologist

 

 

 

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