mean proportional
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mean proportional
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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The perpendicular is the mean proportional between the segments of the hypotenuse.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
Then the whole line CZ is 139,655; and CS, which is a mean proportional between CZ and CO will be 93,410.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
We then find the mean proportional between the length HD and the height of the parallelogram.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
Each of the other sides is the mean proportional between the hypotenuse and the segment of the hypotenuse adjacent to that side.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
When 5 and 20 are given, x is a mean proportional when in 5, x, 20, 5 is to x as x to 20.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
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