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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pythagorean  \Pyth`a*go"re*an\,  a.  [L.  Pythagoreus  Gr  ?.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Pythagoras  (a  Greek  philosopher,  born 
  about  582  b.  c.),  or  his  philosophy. 
 
  The  central  thought  of  the  Pythagorean  philosophy  is 
  the  idea  of  number,  the  recognition  of  the  numerical 
  and  mathematical  relations  of  things  --Encyc.  Brit. 
 
  {Pythagorean  proposition}  (Geom.),  the  theorem  that  the 
  square  described  upon  the  hypothenuse  of  a  plane 
  right-angled  triangle  is  equal  to  the  sum  of  the  squares 
  described  upon  the  other  two  sides. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pythagorean  \Pyth`a*go"re*an\,  n. 
  A  follower  of  Pythagoras;  one  of  the  school  of  philosophers 
  founded  by  Pythagoras. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pythagorean 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  Pythagoras  or  his  geometry;  "Pythagorean 
  philosophy";  "Pythagorean  theorem"  [syn:  {Pythagorean}] 




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