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Definition: BIMEDIAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb bimedially.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(bimedially)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective bimedial.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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

Note: Bimedial \Bi*me"di*al\, adjective. [Prefix bi- medial.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BIMEDIAL

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] In mathematics, if two medial lines, A B and B C commensurable only in power, and containing a rational rectangle, are compounded, the whole line A C will be irrational, and is called a first bimedial line. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: BIMEDIAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb bimedially.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(bimedially)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective bimedial.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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

Note: Bimedial \Bi*me"di*al\, adjective. [Prefix bi- medial.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BIMEDIAL

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] In mathematics, if two medial lines, A B and B C commensurable only in power, and containing a rational rectangle, are compounded, the whole line A C will be irrational, and is called a first bimedial line. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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