pappus

Noun

Meaning

The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

heron hood cirrus crest comb egret pile plume cop calyx tuft aigrette sepal Garza topknot
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Hypernyms

calyx

Hyponyms

thistledown

Phrases with the word

Pappus's hexagon theorem

Derivatives

pappi

Examples

According to Pappus, "Apollonius, having completed Euclid's four books of conics and added four others, handed down eight volumes of conics." Source: Internet

According to Pappus, he found a least distance of 62, a mean of 67+1/3, and consequently a greatest distance of 72+2/3 Earth radii. Source: Internet

Heath (1981), p. 357 The few historical references to Euclid were written centuries after he lived by Proclus c. 450 AD and Pappus of Alexandria c. 320 AD. Source: Internet

There had been some early work in this area by Hellenistic geometers, notably Pappus (c. 340). Source: Internet

In any case, according to Pappus, Hipparchus found that the least distance is 71 (from this eclipse), and the greatest 81 Earth radii. Source: Internet

Pappus of Alexandria described it (in his commentary on the Almagest of that chapter), as did Proclus (Hypotyposis IV). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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