archimedean
/ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Archimedes.
adj
Having no infinitely large or infinitely small elements.
noun
A member of The Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean.
Example Sentences
- "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:"
- "[…] sporting Nature, to amuse us, Did startling Novelties produce us; Mocking our Archimedean Sons Of Art with strange Phænomenons,"
- "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,"
- "[…] we are leaving the Campbell house for the train station, and I have my Archimedean experience: Elm Street . . . . . then . . . . . elm trees!"
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdi.ən/
- British English: /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdi.ən/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Archimedean dual
Archimedean field
Archimedean graph
Archimedean group
Archimedean ordered field
Archimedean point
Archimedean principle
Archimedean property