1) Mathematical terminology
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[mathematics] In the historical study of mathematics, an apotome is a line segment formed from a longer line segment by breaking it into two parts, one of which is commensurable only in power to the whole; the other part is the apotome. In this definition, two line segments are said to be `commensurable only in power` when the ratio of thei...
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• (n.) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. • (n.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between
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One of Euclid's categories of irrational numbers. An apotome has the form v(vA - vB). The corresponding number with a '+' sign is called a binomial in Euclid's scheme.
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1. <mathematics> The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square. ... 2. The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. ... Origin: Gr. A cutting off, fr. To cut off; from + to cut. ... Source: Websters D...
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A·pot'o·me noun [ Greek ... a cutting off, from ... to cut off; ... from + ... to cut.]
1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
2. (Mus) The remaining part...
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