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method of indivisibles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
method- of in-di-vis-i-bles
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

the method of indivisibles (canonical)

Phrases

Cavalieri's principle

Frequently Paired Words

Cavalieri's principle

Questions

What does method of indivisibles mean?
An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.

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