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cavalieri's principle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
cav-a-lier-i's prin-ci-ple
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A development of the method of indivisibles, dealing with two-dimensional area or three-dimensional volume based on the intersections of lines or planes surrounding a region. It was an early step toward integral calculus.

Etymology

Named after Bonaventura Cavalieri.

Questions

What does cavalieri's principle mean?
A development of the method of indivisibles, dealing with two-dimensional area or three-dimensional volume based on the intersections of lines or planes surrounding a region. It was an early step toward integral calculus.
Where does cavalieri's principle come from?
Named after Bonaventura Cavalieri.

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