Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

varignon's theorem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
varignon's the-o-rem
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theorem stating that the torque of a resultant of two concurrent forces about any point is equal to the algebraic sum of the torques of its components about the same point.

Etymology

Named after French mathematician Pierre Varignon.

Questions

What does varignon's theorem mean?
A statement in Euclidean geometry that deals with the construction of a particular parallelogram (the Varignon parallelogram) from an arbitrary quadrilateral.
Where does varignon's theorem come from?
Named after French mathematician Pierre Varignon.

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