pythagorean

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pythagorean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, n.
     A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers
     founded by Pythagoras.
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  Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. ?.]
     Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born
     about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.
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           The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is
           the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical
           and mathematical relations of things.    --Encyc. Brit.
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     Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the
        square described upon the hypothenuse of a plane
        right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares
        described upon the other two sides.
  
     Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system
        of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward
        revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the
        Copernican system.
  
     Pythagorean letter. See Y.
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pythagorean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pythagorean
      adj 1: of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry;
             "Pythagorean philosophy"; "Pythagorean theorem"