Pyth`a*go"re*an (?), n.
A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school
of philosophers founded by
Pythagoras.
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. -- 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.
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