pythagorean Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry
    • Pythagorean philosophy
    • Pythagorean theorem

WordNet

Pyth`a*go"re*an adjective
Etymology
L. Pythagoreus, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy.
    The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit.
Pyth`a*go"re*an noun
Definitions
  1. A follower of Pythagoras; one of the school of philosophers founded by Pythagoras.

Webster 1913