Hero of Alexandria

Definitions of Hero of Alexandria
  1. noun
    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, Heron
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    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
    mathematician
    a person skilled in mathematics
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