Archimedean

//ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdi.ən// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of The Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Archimedes.

    "1629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out of Nitrous flame:"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean. alt-of
  3. 3
    Having no infinitely large or infinitely small elements.

Example

More examples

"1629, William Bastian, “To the Authour” in Francis Malthus (translator), A Treatise of Artificial Fire-Works, London: Richard Hawkins, Thy Archimedean hand hath learnt to frame Celestiall Meteors out of Nitrous flame:"

Etymology

From Archimedes + -an.

Related phrases

Archimedean dualArchimedean fieldArchimedean graphArchimedean groupArchimedean ordered fieldArchimedean pointArchimedean principleArchimedean propertyArchimedean screwArchimedean solidArchimedean spiralArchimedean tessellation

More for "archimedean"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.