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Bat⋅ta⋅ni

[buh-tah-nee]
–noun
Al- [al] , c850–929, Arab astronomer.
Also called Albategnius.
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Bat·ta·ni   (bə-tä'nē)   
Arab astronomer and mathematician. Considered the greatest astronomer of his time, he proved the possibility of annular eclipses and introduced an organized table of sines.
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