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ture a Pythagoras

1. (noun) theorem of Pythagoras.

Ko Pythagoras tētahi o ngā tohunga pāngarau rongonui o te whenua o Kiriki, i ngā tau 572 - 495 i mua i te whānautanga mai o Ihu Karaiti. Nāna te ture nei, te ture a Pythagoras, e hono ana i ngā tapa e toru o tētahi tapatoru hāngai, arā, he ōrite te pūrua o te tāroa ki te tapeke o ngā pūrua o ngā tapa poto (TRP 2010:300). / Pythagoras was a famous mathematician from Greece in the years 572 - 495 before the birth of Christ. He revealed a theorem, the theorem of Pythagoras, which links the sides of a right-angled triangle, namely that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides (TRP 2010:300).

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