Definitions for Euclid
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Euclidnoun

   Greek geometer (3rd century BC)

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1. Euclidnoun

   Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician

2. Euclidnoun

   of mostly historical use.

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1. Euclid

   Euclid (; Greek: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century. His system, now referred to as Euclidean geometry, involved new innovations in combination with a synthesis of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics. Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the philosophers Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later. Until the early Renaissance he was often mistaken for the earlier philosopher Euclid of Megara, causing his biography to be substantially revised. It is generally agreed that he spent his career under Ptolemy I in Alexandria and lived around 300 BC, after Plato and before Archimedes. There is some speculation that Euclid was a student of the Platonic Academy and later taught at the Musaeum. Euclid is often regarded as bridging the earlier Platonic tradition in Athens with the later tradition of Alexandria. In the Elements, Euclid deduced the theorems from a small set of axioms. He also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory, and mathematical rigour. In addition to the Elements, Euclid wrote a central early text in the optics field, Optics, and lesser-known works including Data and Phaenomena. Euclid's authorship of two other texts—On Divisions of Figures, Catoptrics—has been questioned. He is thought to have written many now lost works.

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1. euclid

   Euclid refers to Euclid of Alexandria, an ancient Greek mathematician often referred to as the "Father of Geometry." He is best known for his work Elements, a comprehensive treatise on mathematics that laid the foundation for the field of geometry. Euclid's work covers a wide range of mathematical concepts and theorems, including methods of proof, geometric shapes, angles, triangles, and polyhedra. His approach to mathematics, based on axioms and logical reasoning, significantly influenced the development of mathematics throughout history.

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1. Euclidnoun

   a Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general

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1. Euclid

   Euclid, fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry". He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I. His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics from the time of its publication until the late 19th or early 20th century. In the Elements, Euclid deduced the principles of what is now called Euclidean geometry from a small set of axioms. Euclid also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory and rigor. "Euclid" is the anglicized version of the Greek name Εὐκλείδης, meaning "Good Glory".

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1. Euclid

   An old Greek who made poor students read his book as far back as 300 B. C. He discovered the phenomenon that the shortest distance between two points is a crow's flight, and that two parallel lines always compete.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Euclid in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Euclid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Euclid in a Sentence

1. C. M. Cox:

   Blaise Pascal used to mark with charcoal the walls of his playroom, seeking a means of making a circle perfectly round and a triangle whose sides and angle were all equal. He discovered these things for himself and then began to seek the relationship which existed between them. He did not know any mathematical terms and so he made up his own. Using these names he made axioms and finally developed perfect demonstrations, until he had come to the thirty-second proposition of Euclid.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Euclid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Euclid
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Euclid
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Euclid
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/euclid
8. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=Euclid