Dictionary - Definition of APOTOME

Definition: APOTOME


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between ˆ2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.[Websters] 2. The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Apotome" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Apotome \A*pot"o*me\, noun. [Greek expression cutting off, from to cut off; from to cut.]. (references)

Extended Definition: APOTOME

Apotome may mean one of the following:

In mathematics, apotome is the difference of two quantities that are commensurable only in power. An example is the difference:

$\sqrt{2}-1,$

which corresponds to the difference between the diagonal and side of a square.

In life sciences, Carl Zeiss ApoTome is a trademark for a new technique to use a conventional fluorescence microscope to obtain stacks of confocal slices of an object. [1]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [2]

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Apotome". Image Credit.
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