Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word NEUSIS
NEUSIS
Definitions of NEUSIS
- (geometry) A line segment of prescribed length, fitted between two given curves, part of a line that passes through a given point.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using NEUSIS in a Sentence
- For example, neusis construction, also known to ancient Greeks, involves simultaneous sliding and rotation of a marked straightedge, which cannot be achieved with the original tools.
- Constructions described by the book include the solution by Menaechmus of doubling the cube by finding the intersection points of two conic sections, several neusis constructions involving fitting a segment of a given length between two points or curves, and the use of the Quadratrix of Hippias for trisecting angles and squaring circles.
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