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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to seek: cf. F.

zététique

Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.

Zetetic method

(Math.)

the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems.

[R.]

Hutton.

Noun.

A seeker; – a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

Adj.

[Gr., to seek.] That seeks; that proceeds by inquiry. The zetetic method in mathematics, is that used in investigation, or the solution of problems.