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Alhazen's problem

Alhazen's problem proper noun: a mathematical problem in which lines drawn from two points in the plane of a circle must meet at a point on the circumference, making equal angles with the normal at that point.

Proper noun

Alhazen's problem

  1. A mathematical problem in which lines drawn from two points in the plane of a circle must meet at a point on the circumference, making equal angles with the normal at that point.

Origin of Alhazen's problem

Named for a tenth-century Arab mathematician Ibn al-Haytham, whose latinized name, Alhacen, may be rendered as Alhazen.

Questions about Alhazen's problem

What does Alhazen's problem mean?
Alhazen's problem means a mathematical problem in which lines drawn from two points in the plane of a circle must meet at a point on the circumference, making equal angles with the normal at that point.
What part of speech is Alhazen's problem?
Alhazen's problem is a proper noun.

Words near Alhazen's problem in the dictionary

  1. alhamdullilah
  2. Alharbi
  3. Alharbis
  4. Alhassan
  5. Alhassans
  6. Alhazen's problem
  7. Alhena
  8. alhenna
  9. alhidad
  10. alhidade
  11. alhidades

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