Pythagoras

American  

[pi-thag-er-uhs] / pɪˈθæg ər əs /

noun

1. c582–c500 b.c., Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.

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Pythagoras ¹ British  

/ paɪˈθæɡərəs /

noun

1. ?580–?500 _bc , Greek philosopher and mathematician. He founded a religious brotherhood, which followed a life of strict asceticism and greatly influenced the development of mathematics and its application to music and astronomy

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Pythagoras ² British  

/ paɪˈθæɡərəs /

noun

1. a deep crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, 136 kilometres in diameter

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Pythagoras Scientific  

/ pĭ-thăg′ər-əs /

1. Greek philosopher and mathematician who theorized that numbers constitute the essence of all natural things. He developed the Pythagorean theorem and was one of the first to apply mathematical order to observations of the stars.

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Example Sentences

But researchers from Cambridge University, Princeton and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, have now discovered two key ways in which Pythagoras was wrong.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

Greek mathematician Pythagoras discovered the principles of musical harmony 2,500 years ago by analyzing the sounds of blacksmiths’ hammers and plucked strings.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2024

Brooks proceeds from Pythagoras to Newton to Einstein together with many lesser-known mathematicians, showing how their seemingly arcane, abstract work has shaped our daily lives and our very grasp of the nature of reality.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

The Greek philosopher Pythagoras, father of the a² + b² = c² theorem, considered the fava a symbol of death.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

In ancient Greece, Pythagoras was remembered for a different invention: the musical scale.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife