duplication of the cube — the mathematical problem of finding the edge of a cube having twice the volume of a given cube * * * Geom. the insoluble problem of constructing a cube having twice the volume of a given cube, using only a ruler and compass. [1650 60] * * *… … Useful english dictionary
duplication of the cube — Geom. the insoluble problem of constructing a cube having twice the volume of a given cube, using only a ruler and compass. [1650 60] * * * … Universalium
Doubling the cube — (also known as the Delian problem) is one of the three most famous geometric problems unsolvable by compass and straightedge construction. It was known to the Egyptians, Greeks, and Indians.[1] To double the cube means to be given a cube of some… … Wikipedia
Duplication — Duplication, duplicate, and duplicator may refer to: Art and fiction Duplicate (1998 film), a Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt Duplicate (2009 film), a 2009 Malayalam film Gregory Harrison and Kim Greist The Duplicate, a children s book by … Wikipedia
duplication — du pli*ca tion, n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin — Genre Animated series Created by Ken Forsse Written by Marry Crawford Derek Diorio Directed by Chris Schouten Voices … Wikipedia
Roman army of the mid-Republic — Contemporary portrait of Scipio Africanus, engraved on a gold signet ring manufactured in Capua, S. Italy, Considered the greatest Roman military leader of the Second Punic War, Scipio permanently drove the Carthaginians out of Spain in a series… … Wikipedia
New algebra — The new algebra or symbolic analysis is a formalization of algebra promoted by François Viète in 1591 and by his successors (after 1603). It marks the beginning of the algebraic formalization (late sixteenth the early seventeenth centuries).… … Wikipedia
Menaechmus — There is also a Menaechmus in Plautus play, The Menaechmi. Menaechmus (Greek: Μέναιχμος, 380–320 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician and geometer born in Alopeconnesus in the Thracian Chersonese, who was known for his friendship with the… … Wikipedia
geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… … Universalium
