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cyˈclotomy
[f. Gr. κύκλος circle + -τοµια cutting. In sense 1 rendering Ger. kreistheilung.]
1. Math. The problem of the division of a circle into a given number of equal parts (Sylvester).
1879Sylvester in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 380 Bachmann's work, as it seems to me, gives proof, that Cyclotomy is to be regarded not as an incidental application, but as the natural and inherent centre and core of the arithmetic of the future. 1892Mathews Theory of Numbers i. 184.
2. Ophthalmic Surg. (See quot.)
1889Berry Dis. Eye vii. 222 Division of the ciliary muscle, or cyclotomy.
Hence cycloˈtomic a., as in cyclotomic functions.
1879Sylvester in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 357 The species of cyclotomic..functions of which the cubic function above written is an example. |