Euclid
['ju:klid]
Definition
(n.) A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general.
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Examples
- The forty-seventh proposition of the first book of Euclid was regarded as one of the supreme triumphs of the human mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Euclid, who was active at Alexandria toward the e nd of the fourth century B.. was not one of Plato's immediate disciples but shared the great philosopher's point of view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Instead he spent his time studying the mathematics of Euclid, and from them went on to the writings of Archimedes and the laws of mechanics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The first, second, and fourth books of Euclid are largely of Pythagorean origin. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They took De Foe to their bosoms, instead of Euclid, and seemed to be on the whole more comforted by Goldsmith than by Cocker. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Euclid, calling his servant, said, Give him sixpenc e, since he must make gain out of what he learns. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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