Relating to or characteristic of Eudoxus, an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer, or his theories and methods.
Derived from Eudoxus, the name of the 4th-century BCE Greek scientist from Cnidus, plus the suffix -ian meaning 'of or relating to.' The name Eudoxus itself comes from Greek eu- (good) and doxa (opinion or glory).
Eudoxus invented the theory of homocentric spheres to explain planetary motion 2,000 years before telescopes—he was so mathematically brilliant that ancient astronomers thought his geometric models might actually be true.
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