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Archimedes|ɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz| Also anglicized Archimede |ˈɑːkɪmiːd|. [Gr. proper name.] A philosopher of Syracuse, celebrated for his discoveries in applied mathematics and mechanics, and for his statement, that with a lever long enough and a point to stand upon he could move the world. (Here used connotatively.)
c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. (1711) 34/2 Those numbers which no Archimede can tell. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 190 They are all Archimedes's in their way; and can make a world upon easier terms than he offer'd to move one. |