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pons asinorum
[ as-uh-nawr-uhm, -nohr- ]
noun
, Geometry.
- a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
pons asinorum
/ ˌæsɪˈnɔːrəm /
noun
- the geometric proposition that the angles opposite the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are equal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pons asinorum1
First recorded in 1745–55; from Latin pōns asinōrum “bridge of asses”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pons asinorum1
Latin: bridge of asses, referring originally to the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, which was considered difficult for students to learn
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Example Sentences
The story is told that one of his pupils, arrived perhaps at the pons asinorum, asked, "What do I get by learning these things?"
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The famous pons asinorum had become the bridge between two worlds.
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Thats as easy as pons asinorum to say, but not so easy to do, commented number six—Billie Burden.
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The goal of Socialism, so far as it relates to this pons asinorum of shortening hours, is simply the right to loaf.
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Ay, there is the pons asinorum, the bridge whereon young asses and old fools come to such terrible grief.
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