Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

problem of apollonius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: prob-lem of apol-lo-nius
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The problem, in Euclidean plane geometry, of constructing circles that are tangent to three given circles in a plane.

Etymology

Apollonius of Perga posed and solved this famous problem in ancient times.

Inflected Forms

the problem of Apollonius (canonical)

Synonyms

Apollonius's problem Apollonian problem

Questions

What does problem of apollonius mean?: The problem, in Euclidean plane geometry, of constructing circles that are tangent to three given circles in a plane.
Where does problem of apollonius come from?: Apollonius of Perga posed and solved this famous problem in ancient times.

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