Kidinnu is an English word starting with the letter K. With 5 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Kidinnu in a sentence
Using Kidinnu
- In the example corpus, kidinnu often appears in combinations such as: that kidinnu.
Context around Kidinnu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kidinnu
- In this selection, "kidinnu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, placed, compiled and discovered stand out and add context to how "kidinnu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include asserted that kidinnu discovered precession and associated with kidinnu have been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kidinnu" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kidinnu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Iteration example: Chaldean astronomers such as Kidinnu compiled astronomical data. (10 words)
Schnabel placed Kidinnu in Sippar, but Otto E. Neugebauer showed that Schnabel based this conclusion on a misreading of the cuneiform tablet. (22 words)
Tablets based on System B, associated with Kidinnu, have been found mostly in Uruk, but the earlier tablets came predominantly from Babylon. (22 words)
This relationship is implicit in System B, and is therefore another reason to believe that Kidinnu was involved in developing the lunar theory of System B. However, the conclusion that Kidinnu is the main creator of System B is uncertain. (40 words)
Schnabel also asserted that Kidinnu discovered precession when distinguishing between sidereal and tropical years ; Neugebauer contested this and current scholarship considers this conclusion to be unfounded. (26 words)
Schnabel placed Kidinnu in Sippar, but Otto E. Neugebauer showed that Schnabel based this conclusion on a misreading of the cuneiform tablet. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
This relationship is implicit in System B, and is therefore another reason to believe that Kidinnu was involved in developing the lunar theory of System B. However, the conclusion that Kidinnu is the main creator of System B is uncertain.
Iteration example: Chaldean astronomers such as Kidinnu compiled astronomical data.
Schnabel also asserted that Kidinnu discovered precession when distinguishing between sidereal and tropical years ; Neugebauer contested this and current scholarship considers this conclusion to be unfounded.
Schnabel placed Kidinnu in Sippar, but Otto E. Neugebauer showed that Schnabel based this conclusion on a misreading of the cuneiform tablet.
Tablets based on System B, associated with Kidinnu, have been found mostly in Uruk, but the earlier tablets came predominantly from Babylon.
Common combinations with kidinnu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: