Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pythagorean"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is
the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical
and mathematical relations of things. --Encyc. Brit.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pythagorean \Pyth`a*go"re*an\, n.
A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers
founded by Pythagoras.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pythagorean
adj : of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry; "Pythagorean
philosophy"; "Pythagorean theorem" [syn: {Pythagorean}]
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