Cyclopædia
Assuming quadratic is required, the following 12 results were found.
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ALTITUDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ALTITUDE
ALTITUDE, Altitudo, in Geometry, the third Dimension of a Body; called also Height, or Depth. See HEIGHT; see also BODY, DIMENSION, etc.Altitude, in Optics, is usually considered as the Angle subtended between a Line drawn through the Eye, parallel to...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Geometry
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QUADRATING of a Piecehttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/QUADRATING-of-a-Piece
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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QUADRATIC Equationhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/QUADRATIC-Equation
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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QUADRAThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/QUADRAT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ALGEBRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGEBRA
which makes it probable, that that Author was not yet known in Europe. His Algebra goes no further than Simple and Quadratic Equations. See QUADRATIC, &c. After Pacciolus appeared Stifelius, a good Author; but neither did he advance any further. After...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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APPROXIMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/arithmetic/APPROXIMATION
See CONVERGING and SERIES. 'Tis evident, that if a number proposed be not a true Square, it is in vain to hope for a just quadratic Root thereof, explicable by rational Numbers, integers or fractioned; whence, in such Cases, we must content ourselves...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Arithmetic
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Algebrahttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/algebra
ALGEBRA, or the Doctrine of EQUATIONS ; Simple, Quadratic, Cubic, &c. Operations thereof, as Reduction, Construction, &c.
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
&c. Methods de Maximis, Fluxions, Exponentials, Tangents, &c. 10 ALGEBRA, or the Doctrine of EQUATIONS ; Simple, Quadratic, Cubic, &c. Operations thereof, as Reduction, Construction, &c. 11 GEOMETRY,or the Doctrine of EXTENDED, or Continuous QUANTITY,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface
'TIS not without some Concern that I put this Work in the Reader's Hands; a Work so disproportionate to a single Person's Experience, and which might have employ'd an Academy. What adds to my Jealousy, is the little measure of Time allow'd for a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ATLANTIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATLANTIS
ATLANTIS, or ATLANTICA, in Antiquity an Island spoken of by Plato and other Writers, under some extraordinary Circumstances; and rendered famous by a Controversy among the Moderns about it. The most distinct Account of this celebrated Place, is given...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ANTICHRISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICHRIST
ANTICHRIST, or Antichrist, Antichristus, among Divines, etc., a Tyrant who is to reign on Earth, toward the end of the World; for the ultimate Proof of the Elect; and to give a shining Instance of the Divine Vengeance, before the last Judgment. The Word...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ABARTICULATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABARTICULATION
ABARTICULATION, in Anatomy, is represented by Blanchard, and other Lexicographers after him, as synonymous with Diarthrosis : but the Definition they give of it, does not quadrate with that Notion. "Abarticulation, or Dearticulation," say they, "is a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy