Pythagorean
of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
a follower of Pythagoras.
Origin of Pythagorean
1Other words from Pythagorean
- post-Py·thag·o·re·an, adjective
Words Nearby Pythagorean
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How to use Pythagorean in a sentence
They’re 18-7 in one-run games — meaning they’re 23-31 in all other contests — and no team has exceeded its Pythagorean expectation more than Seattle so far this season.
The MLB Contender Nobody Saw Coming | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | June 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThis year, the Marlins’ actual winning percentage is 61 points lower than its Pythagorean expectation and 69 points lower than its WAR-predicted winning percentage.
The Marlins Are Learning That It’s Better To Be Lucky Than Good | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | June 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightLast week, the Riddler Cheese Company was producing “craft triples” — triangular slices of cheese whose side lengths were Pythagorean triples when measured in inches.
Can You Crack The Case Of The Crystal Key? | Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com) | May 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe Riddler Cheese Company is producing what are called “craft triples” — triangular slices of cheese whose side lengths are Pythagorean triples, when measured in inches.
No Isosceles Triangles For You! | Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com) | May 21, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightMaybe they can just keep finding new ways to stay at the bottom of the Pythagorean disappointment rankings.
The Steelers And Bills Have Been Historically Lucky So Far. The Chargers … Have Not. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 12, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Hence the entirety of "No One Else," a tune that is borderline Pythagorean in its balance and proportion.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary | Andrew Romano | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn practice it appears that musicians tuned the tetrachord b-e of this scale with the Pythagorean two Major tones and leimma.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroAnd Persius favours me, by saying, that Ennius was the fifth from the Pythagorean peacock.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenThe Ionian and Pythagorean philosophies arose, and some new elements were added to the popular belief.
Phaedo | PlatoWe observe, first of all, that the dialogue is put into the mouth of a Pythagorean philosopher, and not of Socrates.
Timaeus | PlatoHe was a Pythagorean in philosophy, and Plato and Aristotle are said to have been both deeply indebted to him.
British Dictionary definitions for Pythagorean
/ (paɪˌθæɡəˈriːən) /
of or relating to Pythagoras
denoting the diatonic scale of eight notes arrived at by Pythagoras and based on a succession of fifths
a follower of Pythagoras
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