Pythagorean

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, n.
     A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers
     founded by Pythagoras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.]
     Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born
     about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.
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           The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is
           the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical
           and mathematical relations of things.    --Encyc. Brit.
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     {Pythagorean proposition} (Geom.), the theorem that the
        square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane
        right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares
        described upon the other two sides.
  
     {Pythagorean system} (Astron.), the commonly received system
        of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward
        revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the
        {Copernican system}.
  
     {Pythagorean letter}. See {Y.}
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pythagorean
       adj : of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry; "Pythagorean
             philosophy"; "Pythagorean theorem"