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1) General subject: quadrature of the circle2) Mathematics: quadrature of a circle, quadrature of circle, squaring the circle3) Science: squaring of the circle -
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•The ancient Greeks formulated the famous problem of "squaring the circle".
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > квадратура круга
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•The ancient Greeks formulated the famous problem of "squaring the circle".
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > квадратура круга
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1) quadrature of a circle
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книжн., ирон.squaring the circle; a problem which has no solution- Но вы же сами сказали, Андрей Арсентьевич, что ваша "квадратура круга", как и геометрическая квадратура круга, никогда не будет разрешена. Так зачем же тогда её решать? (С. Сартаков, Свинцовый монумент) — 'But, Andrei Arsentievich, you yourself said that your 'squaring the circle', just like the geometrical problem, will never be solved. Why grapple with it then?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > квадратура круга
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f. quadrature, squaring; квадратура круга, squaring the circleРусско-английский словарь математических терминов > квадратура
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f. quadrature, squaring;
квадратура круга - squaring the circle -
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квадрату́ра ж.
quadratureвы́полнить квадрату́ру — perform a quadratureопределя́ться квадрату́рой — be determined [be integrated, be given] by a quadratureреша́ться в квадрату́рах — be solvable by quadratureсводи́ться к квадрату́рам — be reduced to quadratureквадрату́ра во вре́мени — time quadratureквадрату́ра в простра́нстве — space quadratureквадрату́ра кру́га — squaring the circle, quadrature of the circleчи́сленная квадрату́ра — numerical quadrature* * * -
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General subject: squaring the circleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > безнадежное, бессмысленное, тщетное предприятие
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• КВАДРАТУРА КРУГА lit[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ an insoluble matter, problem:- (be like) squaring (trying to square) the circle.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > квадратура круга
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ж.quadrature♢
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Squaring the circle — Squaring the circle: the areas of this square and this circle are equal. In 1882, it was proven that this figure cannot be constructed in a finite number of steps with an idealized compass and straightedge … Wikipedia
squaring the circle — quadrature of the circle * * * squaring the circle 1. Finding a square of the same area as a circle, which for hundreds of years was attempted by Euclidean means (ie with straight edge and compass) until in 1882 it was proved impossible (also… … Useful english dictionary
squaring the circle. — See quadrature of the circle. * * * … Universalium
squaring the circle. — See quadrature of the circle … Useful english dictionary
quadrature of the circle — a problem in mathematics that consists of finding the side of a square exactly equal in area to a given circular area and that has been shown to be impossible of solution by geometric methods limited to the use of ruler and compass alone * * *… … Useful english dictionary
To square the circle — Square Square, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squared} (skw[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squaring}.] [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See {Square}, n.] 1. To form with four equal sides and four right angles. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To form with right angles… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quadrature of the circle — Math. the insoluble problem of constructing, by the methods of Euclidean geometry, a square equal in area to a given circle. Also called squaring the circle. [1590 1600] * * * … Universalium
quadrature of the circle — noun The problem, proposed by ancient Greek geometers, of using a finite ruler and compass construction to make a square with the same area as a given circle. Syn: squaring the circle … Wiktionary
squaring the circle — noun a) The historical problem of how to construct, using compass and ruler, a square having the same area as a given circle. b) A hopeless or impossible … Wiktionary
squaring the circle — problem which has no solution, redundant problem (like making a circle into a square) … English contemporary dictionary
square the circle — When someone is squaring the circle, they are trying to do something impossible … The small dictionary of idiomes