Picard

[ pee-kar ]

/ piˈkar /

noun

Charles É·mile

[sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/,1856–1941, French mathematician.

Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/,1620–82, French astronomer.

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British Dictionary definitions for picard

Picard

/ (French pikar) /

noun

Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1620–82, French astronomer. He was the first to make a precise measurement of a longitude line, enabling him to estimate the earth's radius

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