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Meanings of Pyrrhicist:
nounA person who dances the pyrrhic; a representation of such a dancer.
Meanings of Pyrrhics:
nounA metrical foot of two short or unaccented syllables.
adjective(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Usage examples:
The best they can hope for is a pyrrhic victory
Meanings of Pyrrhonian:
nounA follower or adherent of pyrrho of elis; an advocate of pyrrhonism; a sceptic.
adjectiveAlso with lower-case initial. of, relating to, or characteristic of pyrrho or pyrrhonism; adhering to the sceptical doctrines of pyrrho; sceptical.
Meanings of Pyrrhonism:
nounThe philosophy of pyrrho.
Usage examples:
Sextus is a key source of our knowledge of pyrrhonism and is also said to have been a physician.
Meanings of Pyrrhonistic:
adjectiveOf the nature of, or characteristic of, a pyrrhonist or of pyrrhonism; = pyrrhonian .
Meanings of Pyrrhonize:
verbTo practise pyrrhonism; to doubt; to be sceptical.
Meanings of Pyrrhotite:
nounA reddish-bronze mineral consisting of iron sulphide, typically forming massive or granular deposits.
Usage examples:
Microcrystals of pyrrhotite, goethite, pyrite, galena, and calcite are found on the dumps.
Meanings of Pyrrhus:
proper noun(c.318–272 bc), king of epirus in greece c.307–272. after invading italy, he defeated the romans at asculum in 279 bc, but sustained heavy losses; the term pyrrhic victory is named in allusion to this.
Meanings of Pyrrole:
nounA weakly basic sweet-smelling liquid compound present in coal tar.
Usage examples:
This step is followed by polymerising pyrrole vapours to produce a foam composite.
Meanings of Pyrrolic:
adjectiveRelating to or derived from pyrrole; containing a pyrrole ring.
Meanings of Pyrrolidine:
nounA pungent liquid made by the reduction of pyrrole.
Usage examples:
Mysliwy et al. reported the formation of npyr from sodium nitrite and pyrrolidine in vivo in dog st…
Meanings of Pyrrolidone:
nounA colourless weakly basic solid which is a keto derivative of pyrrolidine.
Usage examples:
The water-soluble macromolecular compound preferably includes a copolymer of n-vinyl - 2 - pyrrolid…
Meanings of Pyrroline:
nounEach of three isomeric cyclic amines which are partially reduced derivatives of pyrrole having the formula c₄ h₇ n; a substituted derivative of any of these compounds.
Meanings of Pyrus:
nounOriginally: a pear tree. later: (in form pyrus) a genus of small fruit trees and shrubs of the family rosaceae, now restricted to those with grit or stone cells in the fruit, including the common pear, pyrus communis, and related ornamental kinds; also (in form pyrus) a tree or shrub of this genus or formerly included in it.
Meanings of Pyruvate:
nounA salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
Usage examples:
The first step is removal of the terminal carbon dioxide from the pyruvate.
Meanings of Pyruvates:
nounA salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
Usage examples:
The first step is removal of the terminal carbon dioxide from the pyruvate.
Meanings of Pythagoras:
proper noun(c.580–500 bc), greek philosopher; known as pythagoras of samos. pythagoras sought to interpret the entire physical world in terms of numbers, and founded their systematic and mystical study; he is best known for the theorem of the right-angled triangle. his analysis of the courses of the sun, moon, and stars into circular motions was not set aside until the 17th century.
noun(= a statement that in a right-angled triangle (= a triangle with a 90° angle) the square of the length of the side opposite the 90° angle is equal to the squares of each of the other two sides added together)
Meanings of Pythagorean:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.
Usage examples:
The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls
nounA person who supports the theories of the greek philosopher pythagoras.
Usage examples:
The early pythagoreans represented numbers by means of dots arranged in certain patterns
Meanings of Pythagoreanism:
nounΤhe philosophy or doctrine of pythagoras or his followers; adherence to this.
Meanings of Pythagoreans:
nounA person who supports the theories of the greek philosopher pythagoras.
Usage examples:
The early pythagoreans represented numbers by means of dots arranged in certain patterns
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.
Usage examples:
The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls
Meanings of Pythagoric:
adjectivePythagorean. chiefly in plural with the.
nounPythagorean.
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