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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΘεαίτητος
- English todayTheaetetus
From Ancient Greek Θεαίτητος (Theaítētos); the mathematician is the eponym of the dialogue and the lunar crater.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A classical Greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five regular convex polyhedra. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek Θεαίτητος (Theaítētos); the mathematician is the eponym of the dialogue and the lunar crater.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.