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...dēma'' 'swelling',<ref>{{cite web |last1= Liddell |first1=Henry | work = A Greek-English Lexicon | title = οἴδ-ημα |url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hoppe ...similar-looking but unrelated word ''[[odometer]]'', derived from Ancient Greek [[:wikt:ὁδός|ὁδός]] (''hodos'' 'path') which refers to a device to measure ...

A rational approximation to this square was used by ancient Egyptian engineers. They even had names of special units for the diagonal and side of this sq |title=Dynamic Symmetry: The Greek Vase ...

...rlink= Henry Barclay Swete |title= An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek |publisher= Macmillan and Co. |location=Cambridge |year=1902 |url= https:// ...tween its two ends, which corresponds to a 0.06&nbsp;percent gradient, the engineers managed to convey the water from the spring to the pool. According to the [ ...

...ics)|torsion]] to launch projectiles. They were initially developed by the ancient Macedonians, specifically [[Philip II of Macedon]] and [[Alexander the Grea === Greek === ...

...ue to its definition (''spēlaion'' "cave" + ''théma'' "deposit" in ancient Greek) can only be used to describe secondary deposits in [[cave]]s and does not ...quilibrium theory". Translation from Proceedings of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), No.648/Vol.47.</ref><ref name=Newton2015>Newton, K, Fairchild, I an ...

...her or mother of a field|father]] of trigonometry".{{sfnp|Boyer|1991 |loc="Greek Trigonometry and Mensuration" |p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmath ...similar method.<ref>{{cite book|author=Otto Neugebauer |title=A history of ancient mathematical astronomy. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO5FCVIxz2 ...

...it was sometimes considered a fourth type. The [[Greek mathematics|ancient Greek mathematicians]] studied conic sections, culminating around 200&nbsp;BC wit |title=Math refresher for scientists and engineers ...

*'''[[Boris Farmakovsky]]''', archaeologist of [[Ancient Greek]] colony [[Olbia, Ukraine|Olbia]] *'''[[Lev Gumilev]]''', historian and ethnologist, prominent researcher of ancient [[Central Asia]]n peoples, related [[ethnogenesis]] and [[biosphere]], infl ...

Ancient cultures around the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] knew that certain o ..."of amber" or "like amber", from {{lang|grc|ἤλεκτρον}} [''elektron''], the Greek word for "amber") to refer to the property of attracting small objects afte ...

== Ancient Egypt == ...l is being spent. This practice has existed in some form for centuries; in ancient [[Egypt]], for example, when grain was often used as currency, local granar ...

...oor/page/n12 4]}}</ref> and then later appeared in [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Ancient Greece]]<ref name="Bunch">{{cite book | last = Bunch| first = Bryan H.|au ...= 0-313-31342-3}}</ref> where it was described by the [[Greek mathematics|Greek mathematician]] [[Archytas| Archytas of Tarentum]] (428–350 BC). By the 1st ...

Algebraic methods were first studied in the [[ancient period]] to solve specific problems in fields like [[geometry]]. Subsequent ...yrus.jpg|thumb|alt=Rhind Papyrus|The [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]] from [[ancient Egypt]], dated {{circa|1650 BCE}}, is one of the earliest documents discuss ...

...n Society of Mechanical Engineers | last2 = American Society of Mechanical Engineers | title = ASME engineer's data book | page = 249 | publisher = ASME Press | ...[volume]]. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter [[rho]]), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathemat ...

...it the scientific name '''Pithecanthropus erectus''', a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning ''upright ape-man''. ...sky]], first defined in the late 16th century. Its name means "no feet" in Greek, and it represents a [[bird-of-paradise]] (once believed to lack feet). It ...

...e=The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3S8rhOEmDIIC&pg ...solving plain [[Balkans|Balkan]] codes, but had never had any success with Greek traffic. Hungary helped OKW/Chi to solve the American military [[Attaché]] ...

...of the world [played] a greater role in the evolution of firearms than the ancient Italian valley region known as ''Val Trompia''}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cit .../hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/candles2.html|title=Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Candles|website=www.smith.edu|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> ...

...per kilogram.<ref>Perry, R.H. and Green, D.W, (2007) ''[[Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook]]'' (8th Edition), Section 12, Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling ...=www.spacedictionary.com |language=en}}</ref> The term is derived from the Greek word ''anemos'', which means [[wind]], and is used to describe any wind spe ...

...mwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed Managers, Scientists, and Engineers|publisher=CRC Press, LLC|access-date=15 January 2010|url-status=live|archiv ...lius]] preserves a prayer for rain made by the [[Athens|Athenians]] to the Greek sky god [[Zeus]].<ref name="Mersereau"/> Various [[Indigenous peoples of th ...