Pythagorean

[ pi-thag-uh-ree-uh n ]

/ pɪˌθæg əˈri ən /

adjective

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

noun

a follower of Pythagoras.

Origin of Pythagorean

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

Related forms

post-Py·thag·o·re·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pythagorean

Hence the entirety of "No One Else," a tune that is borderline Pythagorean in its balance and proportion.
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Diotima, a priestess, reputed to have been a Pythagorean, but some writers have doubted her existence.
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There must be some truth in the Pythagorean doctrine, and I am labouring under a Metempsychosis.
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Two friends of this Pythagorean sect lived at Syracuse, in the end of the fourth century before the Christian era.
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Olympicus, continuing the discourse, said: I very much like what Clinias the Pythagorean delivers.
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British Dictionary definitions for pythagorean

Pythagorean

/ (paɪˌθæɡəˈriːən) /

adjective

of or relating to Pythagoras

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

noun

a follower of Pythagoras

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