Clavius

British  

/ ˈkleɪvɪəs /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

When Æon finally gets to the literal bottom of Goodchild’s plan, penetrating his secret bunker inside Clavius’ body, she scoffs: “I thought you had an operation here. I thought you were getting some work done. Where is the smoke-filled room? Where are the sleazy characters?”

From Slate

A couple of years ago, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy detected water molecules in the Clavius Crater, one of the largest lunar craters visible from Earth.

From Seattle Times

Clavius and Kepler will have had no difficulty confirming immediately that Venus had phases: all they had to do was point a decent telescope in the right direction.

From Literature

Clavius by this time was very ill, and we do not know what he made of this new evidence.

From Literature

Included in the figures for Sacrobosco are, for example, editions of Clavius’s Commentary, which went through fifteen editions between 1570 and 1611, with a solitary final edition in 1618.

From Literature