| pythagorean | Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. C), or his philosophy. "The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things." <geometry> Pythagorean proposition, the commonly received system of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the Copernican system. Origin: L. Pythagoreus, Gr. (22 Aug 1998) |
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