British Dictionary definitions for clavius

Clavius

noun

one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Examples from the Web for clavius

Historical Examples

I would rather err with Scaliger than be right with Clavius.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
Augustus De Morgan
Before Oughtred the use of parentheses had been suggested by Clavius and Girard.
William Oughtred
Florian Cajori
This whole passage in the "Monumenta," was written by the celebrated Clavius.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921
Thomas J. Campbell
Clavius is one of the most impressive of all the lunar formations.
Astronomy with an Opera-glass
Garrett Putman Serviss
Clavius's great contemporary, Tycho-Brahe, the distinguished Danish astronomer, found no reason to reject it.
The Popes and Science
James J. Walsh

Clavius

Examples from the Web for clavius

Historical Examples

I would rather err with Scaliger than be right with Clavius.

Before Oughtred the use of parentheses had been suggested by Clavius and Girard.

This whole passage in the "Monumenta," was written by the celebrated Clavius.

Clavius is one of the most impressive of all the lunar formations.

Clavius's great contemporary, Tycho-Brahe, the distinguished Danish astronomer, found no reason to reject it.