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HERO OF ALEXANDRIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
Synonyms:
Hero; Hero of Alexandria; Heron
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
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