Apotome
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Apotome may mean one of the following:
- In mathematics, apotome is the difference of two quantities that are commensurable only in power. An example is the difference:
which corresponds to the difference between the diagonal and side of a square.
- A Pythagorean interval, equal the difference between the tone and the limma.
[edit] References
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]
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