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Pappian

Pappian adjective: of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria (c. 290–c. 350 AD).

Adjective

Pappian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria (c. 290–c. 350 AD).
  2. For which Pappus's hexagon theorem is valid.
    • a Pappian plane

Questions about Pappian

What does Pappian mean?
Pappian means of or relating to the Ancient Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria (c. 290–c. 350 AD).
What part of speech is Pappian?
Pappian is an adjective.

Words near Pappian in the dictionary

  1. papped
  2. pappellony
  3. Pappenheimer bodies
  4. Pappenheimer body
  5. pappi
  6. Pappian
  7. pappie
  8. pappier
  9. pappies
  10. pappiest
  11. pappiferous

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