English Explanatory Dictionary

method of indivisibles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.

Word forms

method of indivisibles the method of indivisibles

Related words

Cavalieri's principle
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