Hypatia

American  

[hahy-pey-shuh, -pat-ee-uh] / haɪˈpeɪ ʃə, -ˈpæt i ə /

noun

1. a.d. c370–415, Greek philosopher renowned for her beauty.

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Hypatia British  

/ haɪˈpeɪʃɪə /

noun

1. died 415 _ad , Neo-Platonist philosopher and politician, who lectured at Alexandria. She was murdered by a Christian mob

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Hypatia Scientific  

/ hī-pā′shə /

1. Greek philosopher who was the first notable woman mathematician and astronomer. She invented instruments used to view the stars and wrote commentaries on mathematics and astronomy, though none of them survives.

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Example Sentences

She challenges the other characters even more robustly than Hypatia to step out of their minds and into their bodies, prescribing physical exercise as a remedy for lives oversaturated with words.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

And in any case, as the Hypatia experience shows, a journal and its editorial board can soon become the focus of protests.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2018

Some critics of the exercise noted that of the journals successfully fooled by the articles, only a few, including Hypatia, have significant standing.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018

Hypatia didn’t accept the paper but said it would consider a revised version.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2018

Hypatia stood at the epicenter of these mighty social forces.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan