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Eudoxus

[ yoo-dok-suhs ]

/ yuˈdɒk səs /

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a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 40 miles (64 km) in diameter.

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Words nearby Eudoxus

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How to use Eudoxus in a sentence

The pretended circumnavigation of Africa by Eudoxus is referred to, as well as some geographical errors of Polybius.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
The theory applied also to the sun and moon, for which Eudoxus required only three spheres in each case.
Archimedes|Thomas Little Heath
Eudoxus thought it was the good, his opinion being the weightier because of his temperateness.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various
Had Zoroaster been no earlier than Darius, Eudoxus would never have advanced him to this degree of antiquity.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant

Eudoxus fitted out a large vessel and two smaller ones, and set sail upon the unknown waters of the Atlantic.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne