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Definition of Archimedes
1. Noun. Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC).
Definition of Archimedes
1. n. An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
Definition of Archimedes
1. Proper noun. An ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer ¹
2. Proper noun. (rfd-sense) (computing trademark) An early RISC personal computer ¹
3. Proper noun. (astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Archimedes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Archimedes
Literary usage of Archimedes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Conic Sections by APOLLONIUS (1896)
"Archimedes. No survey of the history of conic sections coul.d be complete without
a tolerably exhaustive account of everything bearing on the subject which ..."
2. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"that Archimedes proved the phenomenon of refraction 'by means of the ring placed
in the vessel (of water) '-1 A scholiast to the Pseudo-Euclid's ..."
3. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"Cicero, when he was questor of Sicily, discovered the tomb of Archimedes overgrown
... Of all the mathematicians of antiquity, Archimedes is confessedly the ..."
4. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"Archimedes is said to have boasted to King Hiero, that "if he would give him a
... Yet there can be no machine by the aid of which Archimedes could move the ..."
5. Practical physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale, Willard R. Pyle (1922)
"He ordered Archimedes to discover whether or not this were true. ... It is probable
that Archimedes, with that faculty which is so common among men of great ..."
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