hipparchus
noun /hɪ'pɑrkəs/
- Definition
- 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)
- Example
- He tried to understand the true meaning of 'hipparchus'.
- Etymology
- No etymology available.
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