tetragonismn.
/tɪˈtraɡənɪz(ə)m/ ? Obsolete.
The squaring of the circle; the quadrature of any curve.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > action or process > finding square equivalent
quadrature1569
squaring1704
tetragonism1704
quadrability1743
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tetragonism, with some Foreign Writers is the same as the Quadrature of the Circle.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. xvii. 381 [They] affirm the Invention of the Tetragonism we are speaking of.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Tetragonism, a Term some Authors use to express the Quadrature of the Circle.
Derivatives
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > action or process > finding square equivalent > one who attempts
tetragonist1674
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. i. iii. 104 Such famous writers as Scaliger, Longomontanus, and other Tetragonists.
tetragoˈnistic adj. = tetragonistical adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > of geometrical problems
quadrable1686
tetragonistic1710
tetragonistical1727
Steiner1941
1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Tetragonistick Calculus, is the same with the Summatory or Differential Calculus of Leibnitz.
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the world > relative properties > number > calculus > [noun] > differential calculus
differential calculus1702
tetragonistic(al calculus1727
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > of geometrical problems
quadrable1686
tetragonistic1710
tetragonistical1727
Steiner1941
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Tetragonistical Calculus.
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