Fracastorius

American  

[frah-ka-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr-] / ˌfrɑ kæˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.

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Example Sentences

BEAUMONT.—A ring-plain about 30 miles in diameter, on the S.E. side of the Mare Nectaris, midway between Theophilus and Fracastorius, with the N.E. side of which it is connected by a chain of large depressions.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

A good idea of the accomplishment of the medical teachers of the time may be judged very well from the life of Fracastorius.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

ROSSE.—A fine bright deep crater in the Mare Nectaris, N. of the pointed termination of the W. wall of Fracastorius, with which it is connected by a bold curved ridge, with a crater upon it.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Do we believe that Erasmus and Fracastorius wrote Latin as well as Dr. Robertson and Sir Walter Scott wrote English?

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Fracastorius died in the     same year, and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry