THALES OF MILETUS

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• THALES OF MILETUS (noun)
  The noun THALES OF MILETUS has 1 sense:

1. a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)

  Familiarity information: THALES OF MILETUS used as a noun is very rare.

• THALES OF MILETUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Thales; Thales of Miletus

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)