Zeno
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Zeno is a Greek name derived from the more ancient variant Zenon. The word may refer to any of the following:
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People
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Philosophers
- Zeno of Elea (c.490–c.430 BC), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, famed for his paradoxes.
- Zeno of Citium (333 BC - 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
- Zeno of Tarsus (200s BC), Stoic philosopher
- Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher
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Other people
- Zeno of Caunus (3rd century BC), finance minister to tbe Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 1900's
- Zeno (physician) (3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician
- Zeno of Cyprus (4th century), Greek physician
- Zeno of Verona (4th century), saint
- Zeno (consul 448) (447-451), Roman general and consul
- Zeno (emperor) (c. 425–491), Eastern Roman Emperor
- Zeno (Bishop of Mérida)
- The Zeno brothers (14th century), Nicolò and Antonio, Venetian navigators
- Apostolo Zeno (18th century), poet and librettist for opera
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Other uses
- Zeno, ancient name for the village of Akköse
- Zeno, an acne treatment device
- Zeno's paradoxes, paradoxes by Zeno of Elea
- Zeno machine, a hypothetical computational model
- Zeno (crater), a lunar impact crater, named for Zeno of Citium
- Zeno (programming language), an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly
- Zeno-Watch Basel, a Swiss clockmaker company specialised in aviation watches
- Quantum Zeno effect, an effect in quantum mechanics which disallows certain conditions in the decaying of a quantum state
- Zeno (band), a German hard rock band formed by Zeno Roth
- also the title of their first album
- Zeno, a typeface designed by Giovanni Mardersteig for use at the Officina Bodoni
In Fiction
- Zeno Cosini, the protagonist of Italo Svevo's novel La Coscienza di Zeno
- Zeno and Dufort, a demon that uses spells in the anime Zatch Bell
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See also
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