PONS ASINORUM

Meaning of PONS ASINORUM in English

[ ˌasɪ'nɔ:rəm ]

■ noun a theory or formula that is difficult for learners to grasp.

Origin

C18: L., lit. 'bridge of asses', term taken from the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid.

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PONS ASINORUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, asses' bridge, name applied to the proposition that the base angles of an isosceles triangle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PONS ASINORUM — -ˌas ə nˈōrəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, asses' bridge 1. a. : asses' bridge b. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PONS ASINORUM — /as'euh nawr"euhm, -nohr"-/ a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PONS ASINORUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, asses' bridge, name applied to the proposition that the base angles of an isosceles triangle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PONS ASINORUM — [pons asi.no.rum] n [NL, lit., asses' bridge, name applied to the proposition that the base angles of an isosceles triangle …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PONS ASINORUM — Pronunciation: ' pänz- ˌ a-s ə - ' no ̇ r- ə m Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, asses' …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PONS ASINORUM — (латинское) трудная задача, испытание, пробный камень
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PONS ASINORUM — лат. трудная задача, испытание, пробный камень
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PONS ASINORUM — лат. трудная задача, испытание, пробный камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PONS ASINORUM — лат. трудная задача, испытание, пробный камень
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PONS ASINORUM — (латинское) трудная задача, испытание, пробный камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PONS — n. (pl. pontes) Anat. (in full pons Varolii) the part of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PONS — n. (pl. pontes) Anat. (in full pons Varolii) the part of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PONS — n. (pl. pontes) Anat. (in full pons Varolii) the part of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and …
Oxford English vocab
PONS — biographical name Lily 1904-1976 American (French-born) soprano
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PONS — ˈpänz noun or pons va·ro·lii -vəˈrōlēˌī ( plural pon·tes ˈpän.(ˌ)tēz ; or pontes varolii ) Usage: usually capitalized V Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PONS — (n.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band …
Английский словарь Webster
PONS — ( n. ) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PONS — /ponz/ ; Fr. /pawonns/ , n. Lily /lil"ee/ ; Fr. /lee lee"/ , 1904-76, U.S. operatic soprano, born in France.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PONS — /ponz/ , n. , pl. pontes /pon"teez/ . Anat. 1. Also called pons Varolii . a band of nerve fibers …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PONS — n. narrow piece of tissue connecting two parts of a bodily organ (Anatomy, Zoology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PONS — biographical name Lily 1904-1976 American (French-born) soprano
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PONS — noun ( plural pon·tes ˈpän-ˌtēz) Etymology: New Latin, short for pons Varolii Date: 1831 : a broad mass of chiefly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PONS — noun a bridge; applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons varolii, a prominent band …
Webster English vocab
PONS — [ pɒnz ] ■ noun ( plural pontes 'pɒnti:z ) Anatomy the part of the brainstem that links the medulla …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PONS — [pons] n, pl pon.tes [NL, short for pons Varolii] (1831): a broad mass of chiefly transverse nerve fibers conspicuous on …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PONS — plural Pontes, a portion of the mammalian brain lying above the medulla oblongata and below the cerebellum and the cavity …
Britannica English vocabulary
PONS — pons BrE AmE pɒnz AmE pɑːnz ▷ pontes ˈpɒnt iːz AmE ˈpɑːnt iːz ▶ ˌ pons ˌ asi ˈ norum …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PONS — Part of the central nervous system, located at the base of the brain, between the medulla oblongata and the midbrain. …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PONS — мн. - pontes анат. (варолиев) мост (тж. pons Varolii) (анатомия) (варолиев) мост (тж. * Varolii)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PONS — Варолиев мост
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PONS — n ( pl pontes) анат. (варолиев) мост ( тж. pons Varolii)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PONS — мн. ч. - pontes анат. (варолиев) мост (тж. pons Varolii)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PONS — мост
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PONS — (n) мост
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PONS — n ( pl pontes) анат. (варолиев) мост ( тж. ~ Varolii)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PONS — n ( pl pontes) анат. (варолиев) мост ( тж. pons Varolii)
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PONS — варолиев мост
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PONS — мн. - pontes анат. (варолиев) мост (тж. pons Varolii) (анатомия) (варолиев) мост (тж. * Varolii)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PONS — мост
Англо-Русский словарь
BARCELONNETTE - SAINT-PONS AIRPORT — Airport Name : Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport Airport Location : Barcelonnette / Saint-Pons, Alpes de Haute Provence, France IATA Code …
Airport Code English Dictionary
PONS, LILY — born , April 12, 1904, Draguignan, near Cannes, France died Feb. 13, 1976, Dallas, Texas, U.S. byname of Alice Josphine …
Britannica English vocabulary
PONTE — n I. bridge (1. bridge over a river, etc.; 2. [Dent.]; 3. bridge of a musical instrument); II. [Naut.] deck; …
Interlingua English vocab
PONTINE — adjective Etymology: New Latin pont-, pons pons Date: 1889 of or relating to the pons
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASSES' BRIDGE — noun Etymology: translation of New Latin pons asinorum; probably from the similarity of the geometrical construction demonstrating it to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSES' BRIDGE — Geom. See pons asinorum .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSES' BRIDGE — ■ noun English term for pons asinorum .
Concise Oxford English vocab
BRIDGE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc., across a stream, ravine, road, railway, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ASS — n. & v. --n. 1 a either of two kinds of four-legged long-eared mammal of the horse genus Equus, E. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRIDGE — n. & v. n. 1 a a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc., across a stream, ravine, road, railway, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ASS — n. & v. n. 1 a either of two kinds of four-legged long-eared mammal of the horse genus Equus, E. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRIDGE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc., across a stream, ravine, road, …
Oxford English vocab
ASS — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a either of two kinds of four-legged long-eared mammal of the horse genus Equus, …
Oxford English vocab
TEASER — Synonyms and related words : Artful Dodger, Casanova, Circe, Don Juan, Gordian knot, Lorelei, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, Parthenope, Siren, act …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUANDARY — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, baffle, bafflement, bewilderment, bother, confoundment, confusion, crux, difficulty, dilemma, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, …
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PUZZLE — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, addle, ail, amaze, apply the mind, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, bamboozle, …
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POSER — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Holy Willie, Joseph Surface, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Pharisee, Tartuffe, affecter, attitudinarian, attitudinizer, …
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PERPLEXITY — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, amorphousness, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, befuddlement, bewilderment, bind, bother, botheration, brain …
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PARADOX — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion, disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, …
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OXYMORON — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, crux, dilemma, disproportion, disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, heresy, …
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NONPLUS — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, abecedarian, addle, amaze, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, astonish, astound, baffle, bafflement, balk, …
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NODE — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, amplitude, antinode, block, body, cake, clump, cluster, concrete, concretion, conglomerate, conglomeration, crest, crux, …
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KNOT — Synonyms and related words : Blackwall hitch, Chinese puzzle, Flemish knot, French shroud knot, German knot, Gordian knot, Matthew Walker …
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ENIGMA — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, arcanum, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, bewilderment, bother, brain twister, cabala, classified …
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