archimedean

1. Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean.

comparative more Archimedean · superlative most Archimedean · alternative archimedean

1. Of or pertaining to Archimedes.

   1629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out of Nitrous flame:

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   […] sporting Nature, to amuse us, Did startling Novelties produce us; Mocking our Archimedean Sons Of Art with strange Phænomenons,

   1717, anonymous author, British Wonders, London: John Morphew, page 2

   Whoever should behold me now, I wist Would think I were a mighty mechanist Bent with sublime Archimedean art To breathe a soul into the iron heart Of some machine portentous,

   1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Letter to ――”, in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: John and Henry L. Hunt, published 1825, page 59

   […] we are leaving the Campbell house for the train station, and I have my Archimedean experience: Elm Street . . . . . then . . . . . elm trees!

   1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Random House, page 223

2. mathematicsHaving no infinitely large or infinitely small elements.

plural Archimedeans · alternative archimedean

1. A member of The Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge.