Fracastorius

[ frah-ka-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr- ]

noun

1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.

Example Sentences

Fracastorius, and nearly all those who have entered into any refined inquiry upon the subject, adopt the first.

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Three names of great reputation adorn it, Sannazarius, Vida, Fracastorius.

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In the same form may we place Fracastorius his attraction of silver.

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A good idea of the accomplishment of the medical teachers of the time may be judged very well from the life of Fracastorius.

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Likewise Hieronimus Fracastorius, a learned Italian, and traveller in the north parts of the same land.

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