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Definition: DIDONIA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Didonia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Didonia \Di*do"ni*a\, noun. [New Latin expression. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.]. (references)

Definition: DIDONIA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DIDONIA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Didonia \Di*do"ni*a\, noun. [New Latin expression. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.]. (references)