PYTHAGOREAN
Pyth`a*go"re*an, a. Etym: [L. Pythagoreus, Gr.
Defn: 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. — Pythagorean system (Astron.), the commonly received system of astronomy, first taught by Pythagoras, and afterward revived by Copernicus, whence it is also called the Copernican system. — Pythagorean letter. See Y.
PYTHAGOREAN
Pyth`a*go"re*an, n.
Defn: A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.
PYTHAGOREANISM
Pyth`a*go"re*an*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans. As a philosophic school Pythagoreanism became extinct in Greece about the middle of the 4th century [B. C.]. Encyc. Brit.
PYTHAGORIC; PYTHAGORICAL Pyth`a*gor"ic, Pyth`a*gor"ic*al, a.Etym: [L. Pythagoricus, Gr. pythagorique.]
Defn: See Pythagorean, a.
PYTHAGORISM
Py*thag"o*rism, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The doctrines taught by Pythagoras.