Pythagorean
Famous geometry theorem
Pythagorean relates to Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, or to his teachings.
The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical intervals based on ratios.
The Pythagoreans were a philosophical school that saw mystical significance in numbers and geometry.
Longest right-triangle side
- right-angleNinety-degree intersection
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
- proofDemonstration of truth
Euclidean · geometry · congruence · similarity · legs · formula · equation · distance
Number lacking fractions
- primitiveIn earliest form
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- parametricGoverned by set variables
formula · infinite · odd · even · hypotenuse · legs · solution · family
Soul passing into another body
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- soulInnermost animating essence
- immortalityExemption from death
purification · doctrine · pre-Socratic · Croton · brotherhood · vegetarianism · silence · contemplation
Punctuation marking pauses
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- fifths750ml spirit bottles
- intervalDuration between two points
- ratioComparative numerical relation
diatonic · intonation · scale · octave · consonance · just · frequency · pitch
hypotenuse
Longest right-triangle side
- right-angleNinety-degree intersection
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
proof · Euclidean · geometry · congruence · similarity · legs · formula · equation · distance · calculation
integer
Number lacking fractions
- primitiveIn earliest form
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
parametric · formula · infinite · odd · even · hypotenuse · legs · solution · family · Euclid
transmigration
Soul passing into another body
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- soulInnermost animating essence
immortality · purification · doctrine · pre-Socratic · Croton · brotherhood · vegetarianism · silence · contemplation · wisdom
comma
Punctuation marking pauses
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- fifths750ml spirit bottles
- intervalDuration between two points
ratio · diatonic · intonation · scale · octave · consonance · just · frequency · pitch · diapason
monad
Indivisible fundamental unit
initiation · esoteric · occult · theurgy · cosmogony · symbolism · secrecy · oath · numerology · divine
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- Greek philosophyAristotle, Socrates, Plato, Academy, ethics
- ancient wisdomVedas, proverb, Upanishads, maxim, Epicureanism
- numerologylife path, karmic debt, cornerstone, capstone, Chaldean
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
Pythagoreancircular
Forming a closed curve
non-Euclidean · curvilinear · spherical · elliptical · hyperbolic
Pythagoreansecular
Nonreligious, worldly
rationalist · irreligious · pragmatic · empirical · demystified
- Pythagorean theoremRelates right triangle sides
- Pythagorean tuningScale built on fifths