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A·nax·i·man·der 
[uh-nak-suh-man-der] Pronunciation Key
[uh-nak-suh-man-der] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 611?–547? b.c., Greek astronomer and philosopher. |
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| A·nax·i·man·der
(ə-nāk'sə-mān'dər) Pronunciation Key
Greek philosopher and astronomer who constructed the first precise geometrical model of the universe and speculated that it arose out of the separation of opposite qualities from one primordial substance. |
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| anaximander | |
noun | |
| a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC) |
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