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HERO OF ALEXANDRIA

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HERO OF ALEXANDRIA (noun)
  The noun HERO OF ALEXANDRIA has 1 sense:

1. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)play

  Familiarity information: HERO OF ALEXANDRIA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HERO OF ALEXANDRIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hero; Hero of Alexandria; Heron

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)


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