Pythagorean

[ pi-thag-uh-ree-uhn ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.

noun
  1. a follower of Pythagoras.

Origin of Pythagorean

1
1540–50; <Latin Pȳthagorē(us) (<Greek Pȳthagóreios of Pythagoras) + -an

Other words from Pythagorean

  • post-Py·thag·o·re·an, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for Pythagorean

Pythagorean

/ (paɪˌθæɡəˈriːən) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to Pythagoras

  2. denoting the diatonic scale of eight notes arrived at by Pythagoras and based on a succession of fifths

noun
  1. a follower of Pythagoras

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