HEVELIUS


Meaning of HEVELIUS in English

/heuh vay"lee euhs/ ; Ger. /hay vay"lee oos'/ , n. Johannes ( Johann Hewel or Hewelke )

1. 1611-87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.

2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 mi. (160 km) in diameter.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .