HERO OF ALEXANDRIA

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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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