English Explanatory Dictionary

Thalesian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Thales of Miletus (c.624–c.546 BC), pre-Socratic Ancient Greek philosopher who attempted to explain natural phenomena without reference to mythology, and who applied geometry to mathematical problems.

Word forms

Thalesian more Thalesian most Thalesian

Etymology

From Thales + -ian.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary