porisms
plural of porism
Source: Wiktionary
Po"rism, n. Etym: [Gr. porisme.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions. Playfair.
2. (Gr. Geom.)
Definition: A corollary. Brande & C.
Note: Three books of porisms of Euclid have been lost, but several attempts to determine the nature of these propositions and to restore them have been made by modern geometers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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