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euclid
/ˈjuklɪd/
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What does euclid mean?
proper noun
- Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
- A city in Ohio.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
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Arithmetic and geometry were my favourite branches.The three first books of Euclid were to me a new intellectual life.
It simply has no more to do with Theism than the first book of Euclid has.
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I was taught Euclid by a private tutor, and I distinctly remember the intense satisfaction which the clear geometrical proofs gave me.
It was at Halifax that he first read Euclid, and applied himself to the study of astronomy and other branches of science.
He did not use the book, and did not need to; he knew his Shakespeare as well as Euclid ever knew his multiplication table.