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Porism
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What's The Definition Of Porism?Synonyms | Synonyms for Porism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Porism: See Also | Porism In Webster's Dictionary \Po"rism\, n. [Gr. ? a thing procured, a deduction from a
demonstration, fr. ? to bring, provide: cf. F. porisme.]
1. (Geom.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding
such conditions as will render a certain determinate
problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
--Playfair.
2. (Gr. Geom.) A corollary. --Brande & C.
Note: Three books of porisms of Euclid have been lost, but
several attempts to determine the nature of these
propositions and to restore them have been made by
modern geometers.
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