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Pythagorean

[ pi-thag-uh-ree-uhn ]

adjective

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


noun

  1. a follower of Pythagoras.

Pythagorean

/ paɪˌθæɡəˈriːən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pythagoras
  2. denoting the diatonic scale of eight notes arrived at by Pythagoras and based on a succession of fifths
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a follower of Pythagoras
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • post-Py·thago·rean adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pythagorean1

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

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.

This year, the Marlins’ actual winning percentage is 61 points lower than its Pythagorean expectation and 69 points lower than its WAR-predicted winning percentage.

Last week, the Riddler Cheese Company was producing “craft triples” — triangular slices of cheese whose side lengths were Pythagorean triples when measured in inches.

The Riddler Cheese Company is producing what are called “craft triples” — triangular slices of cheese whose side lengths are Pythagorean triples, when measured in inches.

Maybe they can just keep finding new ways to stay at the bottom of the Pythagorean disappointment rankings.

Hence the entirety of "No One Else," a tune that is borderline Pythagorean in its balance and proportion.

In practice it appears that musicians tuned the tetrachord b-e of this scale with the Pythagorean two Major tones and leimma.

And Persius favours me, by saying, that Ennius was the fifth from the Pythagorean peacock.

The Ionian and Pythagorean philosophies arose, and some new elements were added to the popular belief.

We observe, first of all, that the dialogue is put into the mouth of a Pythagorean philosopher, and not of Socrates.

He was a Pythagorean in philosophy, and Plato and Aristotle are said to have been both deeply indebted to him.

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