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Maurolycus

[ mawr-uh-lahy-kuhs ]

/ ˌmɔr əˈlaɪ kəs /

noun

a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.

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seclusion

a false belief or opinion.

the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

the state of being isolated, kept apart, or withdrawn into solitude.

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Words nearby Maurolycus

Mauritanian, Mauritian, Mauritius, Mauritius hemp, Maurois, Maurolycus, Maurras, Maury, Maurya, Mauser, mausoleum

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Example sentences from the Web for Maurolycus

Maurolycus of Messina had no superior among contemporary geometers.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
Porta and Maurolycus had made important discoveries, but left the great problem untouched.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam

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