pythagoras

Py·thag·o·ras

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pi-thag-er-uh s]
- /pɪˈθæg ər əs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pi-thag-er-uh s]
- /pɪˈθæg ər əs/

Definitions of pythagoras word

noun pythagoras c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer. 1
noun Definition of pythagoras in Technology (person) (Pythagoras of Samos, Ionia; about 569-475 BC) The Greek mathematician who founded a philosophical and religious school in Croton (now Crotone) in southern Italy. Pythagoras is most famous for Pythagoras's Theorem but other important postulates are attributed to him, e.g. the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. 1
noun pythagoras ?580–?500 bc, Greek philosopher and mathematician. He founded a religious brotherhood, which followed a life of strict asceticism and greatly influenced the development of mathematics and its application to music and astronomy 0
noun pythagoras a deep crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, 136 kilometres in diameter 0
noun pythagoras 6th cent. b.c.; Gr. philosopher & mathematician, born on Samos 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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