PYTHAGOREAN
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Pyth`a*go"re*an (?), a. [L. Pythagoreus, Gr. &unr_;.] 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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Pyth`a*go"re*an (?), n. A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.
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