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- proper noun A classical Greek
mathematician , livingcirca 417–369 B.C., credited with proving that there are precisely five regular convex polyhedra. - proper noun A later middle
dialogue ofPlato concerningepistemology . - proper noun A lunar
impact crater 2·8kilometres in depth and 25 kilometres indiameter , locatedsoutheast of the crater Cassini, near theeastern edge of Mare Imbrium, at coördinates 37·0° N, 6·0° E.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek Θεαίτητος (Theaitētos); the mathematician is the eponym of the dialogue and the lunar crater.
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