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Webster 1913 Edition

Bimedial

Bi-me′di-al

,
Adj.
[Pref.
bi-
+
medial
.]
(Geom.)
Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Webster 1828 Edition

Bimedial

BIME'DIAL

,
Adj.
[L. bis,twice,and medial.] In mathematics, if two medial lines, A B and B C, commensurable only in power, and containing a rational rectangle, are compounded, the whole line A C will be irrational, and is called a first bimedial line.
1.
Belonging to a quantity arising from a particular combination of two other quantities.

Definition 2024

bimedial

bimedial

English

Adjective

bimedial ‎(not comparable)

  1. (geometry, of a line) Being the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (such as the side and diagonal of a square).

Etymology

bi- +‎ medial.

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