Hipparchus
[hi'pa:kəs]
解释:
(noun.) 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).
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例句:
- Hipparchus made the first attempt to catalogue and map the stars with a view to checking any changes that might be occurring in the heavens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Ptolemy drew up a catalogue of 1080 stars based on the earlier work of Hipparchus. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- To Hipparchus and Ptolemy we owe also the beginnings of the science of trigonometry. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
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