Archimedean

[ahr-kuh-mee-dee-uhn, -mi-dee-uhn]

Ar·chi·me·de·an

[ahr-kuh-mee-dee-uhn, -mi-dee-uhn]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or discovered by Archimedes.
2.
Mathematics. of or pertaining to any ordered field, as the field of real numbers, having the property that for any two unequal positive elements there is an integral multiple of the smaller which is greater than the larger.

Origin:
1805–15; Archimede(s) + -an
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Archimedean is always a great word to know.
So is cube. Does it mean:
the third power of a quantity such as a cubed = a?a?a
a symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised
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Archimedes1 (ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz)
 
n
?287--212 bc, Greek mathematician and physicist of Syracuse, noted for his work in geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics
 
Archimedean1
 
adj

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