HIPPARCHUS

Meaning of HIPPARCHUS in English

Variant: or Hip · par · chos

Pronunciation: hi- ' pär-k ə s

Function: biographical name

fl 146-127 B.C. Greek astron.

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HIPPARCHUS — I. biographical name died 514 B.C. tyrant of Athens (527-514), II. biographical name or Hipparchos flourished 146-127 B.C. Greek astronomer
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HIPPARCHUS — or Hipparchos born , Nicaea, Bithynia died after 127 BC, Rhodes? Greek astronomer and mathematician. He discovered the precession of …
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HIPPARCHUS — /hi pahr"keuhs/ , n. 1. died 514 B.C., tyrant of Athens 527-514. 2. c190-c125 B.C., Greek astronomer.
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HIPPARCHUS — I. hi-ˈpär-kəs biographical name died 514 B.C. tyrant of Athens (527-514) II. biographical name or Hip·par·chos hi-ˈpär-kəs flourished 146-127 B.C. …
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HIPPARCHUS — born , Nicaea, Bithynia died after 127, BC, Rhodes? also spelled Hipparchos Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession …
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HIPPARCHUS — Hipparchus BrE AmE hɪ ˈpɑːk əs AmE \ -ˈpɑːrk-
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HIPPARCHUS — or Hipparchos born , Nicaea, Bithynia died after 127 BC, Rhodes? Greek astronomer and mathematician. He discovered the precession of …
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HIPPARCHUS — Гиппарх
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HIPPARCHUS — Pronunciation: hi- ' pär-k ə s Function: biographical name d 514 B.C. tyrant of Athens (527-514)
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HIPPIAS — biographical name died 490 B.C. brother of Hipparchus ruled Athens with his brother
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HIPPARCHOS — biographical name see: Hipparchus
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PTOLEMY — I Latin Claudius Ptolemaeus born с AD 100 died с AD 170 Greek astronomer and mathematician. He worked principally in …
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PHOTOMETRY — Precision measurement of the brightness, colour, and spectrum of star s and other celestial objects to obtain data on their …
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OBSERVATORY — I Structure containing telescope s and other instruments for observing celestial objects and phenomena. Observatories can be classified by the …
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MAGNITUDE — In astronomy, the measure of the brightness of a star or other celestial body. The brighter the object, the lower …
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HIPPIAS — died 490 BC Tyrant of Athens (528/527–510). He succeeded his father, Peisistratus , as tyrant . Hippias was a patron …
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EQUINOXES, PRECESSION OF THE — Motion of the points where the Sun crosses the celestial equator, caused by precession of Earth's axis. Hipparchus noticed that …
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DIOPTER — dīˈäptər, ˈdīˌä- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French dioptre, from Latin dioptra, from Greek, from …
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DIOPTRA — (n.) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
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DIOPTRA — ( n. ) An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
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PISISTRATUS — /puy sis"treuh teuhs, pi-/ , n. c605-527 B.C., tyrant of Athens 560-527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
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PISISTRATIDAE — /puy'seuh strat"i dee', pis'euh-/ , n.pl. Hippias and Hipparchus, the sons of Pisistratus.
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HIPPIAS — /hip"ee euhs/ , n. fl. 6th century B.C., tyrant of Athens (brother of Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus).
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DIOPTER — — dioptral , adj. /duy op"teuhr/ , n. 1. Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a …
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HIPPARCHOS — see Hipparchus II
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIPPIAS — biographical name died 490 B.C. brother of Hipparchus ruled Athens with his brother
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TRIGONOMETRY — mathematical subject dealing with the numerical relationships among the sides and the angles of a triangle. In plane trigonometry the …
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OSTRACISM — political practice in ancient Athens whereby a prominent citizen who threatened the stability of the state could be banished without …
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CONSTELLATION — in astronomy, any of certain groupings of stars that were imaginedat least by those who named themto form conspicuous configurations …
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STRABO — born 64/63 BC, Amaseia, Pontus died AD 23, ? Greek geographer and historian whose Geography is the only extant work …
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PRAESEPE — also called Beehive (catalog numbers NGC 2632 and M 44), open, or galactic, cluster of several hundred stars in the …
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HARMODIUS AND ARISTOGITON — died 514 BC the tyrannoktonoi, or tyrannicides, who according to popular, but erroneous, legend freed Athens from the Peisistratid tyrants. …
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ANACREON — born c. 582 BC, , Teos, Ionia [now Sighajik, Turkey] died c. 485 ancient Greek poet who was, after Archilochus, …
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