|ärkə|mēdēən, |ȧk- also -_mə̇|d- adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Archimedes (from Greek Archimēdēs ) died 212 B.C. Greek mathematician & inventor + English -an
: of, relating to, or invented by Archimedes : constructed on the principle of an invention by Archimedes
archimedean drill
archimedean lever