Definition of Poristic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.

Definition of Poristic

1. pertaining to a porism [adj] - See also: porism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poristic

poriferologists
poriferology
poriferous
porifers
poriform
porime
porimes
porin
poriness
poring
poring over
porins
porism
porismatic
porisms
poristic (current term)
porite
porites
pork-and-veal goulash
pork-barreling
pork-barrelling
pork-fish
pork and beans
pork barrel
pork barrelling
pork belly
pork butcher
pork loin
pork pie

Literary usage of Poristic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Applications of Elliptic Functions by George Greenhill (1892)
"The poristic relation between the quantities R, r, c hasf been obtained by placing the polygon in a symmetrical position; but another method is employed by ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Modern Pure Geometry by Robert Lachlan (1893)
"Similarly if F2, Y3 be the circles which form with X3, Xl] and Xl; X3; respectively, poristic systems, we may obtain eight other solutions by drawing the ..."

3. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1896)
"Mr. AG Greenhill on the Associated Dynamics of a [March 12, This leads immediately to the poristic relation for triangles, inscribed and circumscribed to ..."

4. On the In-and-circumscribed Triangles of the Plane Rational Quartic Curve by Joseph Nelson Rice (1917)
"It has been shown here that, if a tangent to a point conic is a double line of a line cubic, the solution cannot be poristic. Dually, this would say that if ..."

5. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1878)
"It is very easy to make any number of such poristic systems ; for example, the three equations (a—y)(a—z) = (a—z) (a—x) = ("-*V«—y) =^,1 + 4ai are poristic, ..."

6. Mathematical Problems on the First and Second Divisions of the Schedule of by Joseph Wolstenholme (1878)
"XJ \"i <V is poristic if a certain relation holds between the coefficients a, b, e, f, y, h: when n = 3, this relation is ME k" -ab-ch +fy = 0 ; when n = 4, ..."

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