Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasch's axiom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pasch's ax-iom
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A statement in plane geometry, used implicitly by Euclid, which cannot be derived from Euclid's postulates. It states that, if a line, not passing through any vertex of a triangle, meets one side of the triangle then it meets another side.

Etymology

Its essential role was discovered in 1882 by the German mathematician Moritz Pasch.

Phrases

Pasch's theorem

Frequently Paired Words

Pasch's theorem

Questions

What does pasch's axiom mean?: A statement in plane geometry, used implicitly by Euclid, which cannot be derived from Euclid's postulates. It states that, if a line, not passing through any vertex of a triangle, meets one side of the triangle then it meets another side.
Where does pasch's axiom come from?: Its essential role was discovered in 1882 by the German mathematician Moritz Pasch.

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