-
points (its endpoints). Euclid's
Elements defines a
straight line as a "
breadthless length" that "lies
evenly with
respect to the
points on itself", and...
- by
Alfred North Whitehead in 1919–1920.
Euclid described a line as "
breadthless length"
which "lies
equally with
respect to the
points on itself". In...
- For example, in Book I of Euclid's Elements, a line is
defined as a "
breadthless length" (Def. 2),
while a
straight line is
defined as "a line that lies...
- mathematics,
clarified some of the
definitions (e.g. that of a line as "
breadthless length"), and
reorganized the ****umptions. The
analytic method is ascribed...
-
Euclid (300 B.C.)
still gave
definitions in his Elements, like "A line is
breadthless length". This
axiom can be
formalized in
predicate logic as "∀x1,x2∈P...
- mood, "I got a lift just
talking with her." line (see also track) a
breadthless length a
group of persons,
usually waiting for something,
arranged in...
