Euclid

Euclid
I. biographical name flourished circa 300 B.C. Greek geometer II. geographical name city NE Ohio NE of Cleveland population 52,717

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  • Euclid — (pour Euclide père de la géométrie), est un télescope spatial de l Agence spatiale européenne en cours de développement dont l objectif est d établir une cartographie de la matière noire dans l univers. Euclid est une mission de classe moyenne (M …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Euclid — Euclid, OH U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 52717 Housing Units (2000): 26123 Land area (2000): 10.707882 sq. miles (27.733286 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.858078 sq. miles (2.222413 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.565960 sq. miles (29.955699… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Euclid, OH — U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 52717 Housing Units (2000): 26123 Land area (2000): 10.707882 sq. miles (27.733286 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.858078 sq. miles (2.222413 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.565960 sq. miles (29.955699 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Euclid —   Euclid 90 and Euclid PC global custody systems   See also Euroclear …   International financial encyclopaedia

  • Euclid — Eu clid, n. A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Euclid [1] — Euclid, s. Euklides …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Euclid [2] — Euclid (spr. Juclid), Städtischer Bezirk mit Postamt (Post township) in der Grafschaft Cuyahoga im Staate Ohio (Nordamerika), am südlichen Ufer des Eriesees; 1600 Ew …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Euclid — Euclid1 [yo͞o′klid] [L Euclides < Gr Eukleidēs] fl. 300 B.C.; Gr. mathematician: author of a basic work in geometry Euclidean [yo͞o′klidē ən] adj. Euclidian Euclid2 [yo͞o′klid] [so named (after EUCLID1) by its surveyors] city in NE Ohio:… …   English World dictionary

  • Euclid — Infobox Scientist name = Euclid image width = caption = birth date = fl. 300 BC residence = Alexandria, Egypt ethnicity = Greek field = Mathematics known for = Euclid s Elements Euclid (Greek: . polytonic|Εὐκλείδης mdash; Eukleidēs), fl. 300 BC,… …   Wikipedia

  • Euclid — /yooh klid/, n. 1. fl. c300 B.C., Greek geometrician and educator at Alexandria. 2. a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland. 59,999. * * * flourished с 300 BC, Alexandria, Egypt Greek mathematician of antiquity, known primarily for his highly… …   Universalium

  • Euclid — (c. 330 bc–260 bc) Greek mathematician Euclid is one of the best known and most influential of classical Greek mathematicians but almost nothing is known about his life. He was a founder and member of the academy in Alexandria, and may have been… …   Scientists

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