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English noun: Thales | |||
| 1. | Thales (person) a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC) | ||
| Synonyms | Thales of Miletus | ||
| Instance hypernym | astronomer, philosopher, stargazer, uranologist | ||
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