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Pi⋅card

[pee-kar]
–noun
1. Charles É⋅mile [sharl ey-meel] , 1856–1941, French mathematician.
2. Jean [zhahn] , 1620–82, French astronomer.
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Pi·card   (pē-kär')   
French cleric and astronomer who made an accurate measurement of a degree of meridian and subsequently calculated the circumference of the earth (1668-1670).
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