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

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

After all — and it might be seen as a heresy to say so — Pythagoras didn’t know any of this.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Both Aristotle and Pythagoras were partially right and partially wrong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee