Eudoxus

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[yoo-dok-suhs] / yuˈdɒk səs /

noun

1. a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 40 miles (64 km) in diameter.

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Example Sentences

Mystic: Such was the old idea of Philolaus, Tim�us, Ecphantes, Seleucus, Aristarchus of Samos, Archimedes and Eudoxus, which Copernicus has renewed in our time.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy

At the same time, he must have learnt much from other contemporaries at Athens, especially from astronomers such as Eudoxus and Callippus, and from orators such as Isocrates and Demosthenes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Such, for instance, as that Eudoxus first constructed it in the thirteenth or fourteenth century B.C., or that by Clement of Alexandria, that Chiron was the originator.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

Eudoxus knew nothing of trepidation, so his idea seems to be less in error.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy

Eudoxus of Cnidus, in the fifth century B.C., is said by his commentator Aratus to have also believed in the solidity of the heavens, but his reasons are not assigned.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.