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Definition of Euclid

Euclid
Euclid Eu"clid, n. A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general.

Meaning of Euclid from wikipedia

- Euclid (/ˈjuːklɪd/; Gr****: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Gr**** mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry"...
- Euclid generally refers to the ancient Gr**** mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (3rd century BC), who wrote a work on geometry called the Elements. Euclid...
- attributed to ancient Gr**** mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry, Elements. Euclid's approach consists in ****uming a small...
- treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Gr**** mathematician Euclid c. 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions (theorems...
- Euclid is a wide-angle space telescope with a 600-megapixel camera to record visible light, a near-infrared spectrometer, and photometer, to determine...
- In mathematics, the Euclidean algorithm, or Euclid's algorithm, is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two integers...
- algebra and number theory, Euclid's lemma is a lemma that captures a fundamental property of prime numbers, namely: Euclid's lemma — If a prime p divides...
- geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's Elements, is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean...
- Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Located on the southern s**** of Lake Erie, it is an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. The po****tion...
- In mathematics, Euclid numbers are integers of the form En = pn # + 1, where pn # is the nth primorial, i.e. the product of the first n prime numbers....