Pythagorean
/pʌɪˌθaɡəˈriːən/adjective
1Relating to or characteristic of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras or his ideas: the Pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls...
- Newton's axiom on slicing the pie to satisfy musical harmonies is reminiscent of Kepler's Pythagorean speculations.
- Kepler's discovery of the Third Law is a striking application of Pythagorean principles.
- Commitment to Plato's philosophy tended to reinforce a Pythagorean orientation towards science.
1.1Relating to Pythagoras' theorem that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal in area to the sum of the squares on the other two sides: a repetitive Pythagorean angular geometry...
- The size of the reduced truss be derived from a simple Pythagorean equation.
- Can a Pythagorean triangle have two equal sides?
- Generalizing the Pythagorean equation for triangles with integer sides to powers greater than 2 leads to Fermat's last theorem.
noun
A person who supports the theories of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras: the early Pythagoreans represented numbers by means of dots arranged in certain patterns...
- One may be a Pythagorean today without being impressed by Bode's law.
- The tradition that he was a Pythagorean first appears in Plutarch.
- Clement of Alexandria called Philo 'the Pythagorean'.
