Pythagoras' theorem

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• Pythagoras' theorem — ► NOUN ▪ the 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 …   English terms dictionary

• Pythagoras’ theorem — ● Pythagorean …   Useful english dictionary

• Pythagoras' theorem — n. the theorem attributed to Pythagoras (see PYTHAGOREAN) that the square on the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides …   Useful english dictionary

• Pythagoras' theorem — noun the 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• Pythagoras — Py|thag|o|ras (?582 ?507BC) a Greek ↑philosopher and ↑mathematician who developed Pythagoras Theorem, a way of calculating the length of one side of a ↑triangle which has one angle of 90°, when you already know the length of the other two sides …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pythagoras — of Samos redirects here. For the Samian statuary, see Pythagoras (sculptor). For other uses, see Pythagoras (disambiguation). Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας) …   Wikipedia

• Pythagoras — /pi thag euhr euhs/, n. c582 c500 B.C., Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer. * * * born с 580 BC, Samos, Ionia died с 500, Metapontum, Lucania Greek philosopher and mathematician. He established a community of followers in… …   Universalium

• Pythagoras tree — The Pythagoras tree is a plane fractal constructed from squares. It is named after Pythagoras because each triple of touching squares encloses a right triangle, in a configuration traditionally used to depict the Pythagorean theorem.If the… …   Wikipedia

• Pythagoras — (c. 580 bc–c. 500 bc) Greek mathematician and philosopher All that is known of the life of Pythagoras with any certainty is that he left his birthplace, Samos, in about 520 bc to settle in Croton (now Crotone) in southern Italy and, as a result… …   Scientists

• Pythagoras's theorem — /paɪˌθægərəsəz ˈθɪərəm/ (say puy.thaguhruhsuhz thearruhm) noun the geometrical theorem which states that, in a right angled triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. {from Pythagoras} …  

• theorem of pythagoras — pə̇ˈthagərəs, pīˈ , thaig Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Pythagoras, 6th century B.C. philosopher and mathematician : pythagorean theorem …   Useful english dictionary