Pythagorean
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pythagorean in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Pythagorean in American English:
US [paɪˌθæɡəˈriən]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry
Word Origin
- Pythagorean (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin Pythagoreus "of or pertaining to Pythagoras," Greek philosopher of Samos (6c. B.C.E.), whose teachings included transmigration of the soul and vegetarianism (these are some of the commonest early allusions in English). The Pythagorean theorem is the 47th of the first book of Euclid.
Example
- 1. I mean , numerology , kabala , pythagorean cults .
- 2. Marmash reviews the pythagorean theorem then challenges students to ask themselves if the theory remains valid for triangles or cylinders , such as the ones in the juice problem .
- 3. The pythagorean theorem teaching is designed and is says class draft .
- 4. The same thing was recommended by the epicureans , and the practice was rooted in the pythagorean tradition .
- 5. I have wished to understand the hearts of men . I have wished to know why the stars shine . And I have tried to apprehend the pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux .