QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE


Meaning of QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE in English

Math.

the insoluble problem of constructing, by the methods of Euclidean geometry, a square equal in area to a given circle. Also called squaring the circle .

[ 1590-1600 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .