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Eastern vs Theaetetus - What's the difference?

eastern | theaetetus |

As an adjective eastern

is of a region designated as the east by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author.

As a proper noun theaetetus is

a classical greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five.

eastern

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
  • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
  • (loosely) Oriental.
  • Derived terms

    * easternmost

    See also

    * northern * southern * western * northeastern * southeastern * southwestern * northwestern

    theaetetus

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A classical Greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five .
  • A later middle dialogue of Plato concerning epistemology.
  • A lunar impact crater 2.8 kilometres in depth and 25 kilometres in diameter, located southeast of the crater Cassini, near the eastern edge of Mare Imbrium.
  • Quotations

    * 1962 , ; Dreaming ; chapter sixteen: “Dreams and Scepticism”, page 101 (1977 paperback reprint; Routledge & Kegan Paul; ISBN 0?7100?3836?4 (c), 0?7100?8434?X (p)): *: Socrates puts to Theætetus the question, ‘What evidence could be appealed to, supposing we were asked at this very moment whether we are asleep or awake?’, and the latter replies, ‘Indeed, Socrates, I do not see by what evidence it is to be proved; for the two conditions correspond in every circumstance like exact counterparts’ (Plato, (2), 158b–158c).