Archimedes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/

Proper noun

Archimedes

  1. An Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer.
  2. (astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

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Proper noun

Archimedes m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Arquimedes (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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