Archimedean en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdi.ən/ (UK)
- /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdi.ən/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English Archimedes Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Archimedean From Archimedes + -an.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to Archimedes.
[…] we are leaving the Campbell house for the train station, and I have my Archimedean experience: Elm Street . . . . . then . . . . . elm trees!
1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Random House, page 223:Whoever should behold me now, I wist Would think I were a mighty mechanist Bent with sublime Archimedean art To breathe a soul into the iron heart Of some machine portentous,
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Letter to ――”, in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: John and Henry L. Hunt, published 1825, page 59:[…] sporting Nature, to amuse us, Did startling Novelties produce us; Mocking our Archimedean Sons Of Art with strange Phænomenons,
1717, anonymous author, British Wonders, London: John Morphew, page 2:1629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out of Nitrous flame:
- Having no infinitely large or infinitely small elements.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| archimedean | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more Archimedean | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Archimedean | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Archimedean solid · Archimedean ordered field · Archimedean valuation · non-Archimedean time · Archimedean field · Archimedean property · Archimedean graph · Archimedean group · Archimedean screw · Archimedean dual · Archimedean tessellation · Archimedean principle · Archimedean spiral · Archimedean point
Translations (12)
eo arkimeda (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · it archimedeo (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · de archimedisch (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · cs archimedovský (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · eo arĥimeda (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · hu arkhimédészi (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · pt arquimédico (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · ca arquimedià (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · fr archimédien (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · es arquimediano (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · ru архиме́дов (of or pertaining to Archimedes) · pt arquimediano (of or pertaining to Archimedes)