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Pythagoras

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Py·thag·o·ras  (p-thgr-s) fl. sixth century b.c.
Greek philosopher who founded a school in southern Italy that sought to discover the mathematical principles of reality through the study of musical harmony and geometry. The Pythagorean theorem is ascribed to him.

Pythagoras [paɪˈθægərəs]
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(Astronomy) a deep crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, 136 kilometres in diameter

Pythagoras1
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(Biographies / Pythagoras (?580 bc-?500 bc) M, Greek, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, SCIENCE: mathematician) ?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

Pythagoras  (p-thgr-s) 580?-500? bce.
Greek philosopher and mathematician who theorized that numbers constitute the essence of all natural things. He developed the Pythagorean theorem and was one of the first to apply mathematical order to observations of the stars.
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Noun1.PythagorasPythagoras - Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
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Pythagoras [paɪˈθægərəs] NPitágoras
Pythagoras
nPythagoras m
Pythagoras [paɪˈθægərəs] nPitagora m
Pythagoras' theorem → teorema m di Pitagora
Pythagoras [paɪˈθægərəs] nPitagora m
Pythagoras' theorem → teorema m di Pitagora


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Pythagoras, that in bright Greece, two thousand years ago, did die, so good, so wise, so mild; I sailed with thee along the Peruvian coast last voyage -- and, foolish as I am, taught thee, a green simple boy, how to splice a rope!
My lord, Pythagoras made his disciples keep silence for five years that they might learn to hold their tongues.
Besides, this man, were he as mute as a disciple of Pythagoras, -- this man would be sure to have in the troop some favourite soldier, whom he would make his sergeant, the sergeant would penetrate the secret of the lieutenant, in case the latter should be honest and unwilling to sell it.
 
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