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Kilometre vs Theaetetus - What's the difference?

kilometre | theaetetus |

As a noun kilometre

is kilometre, (us) kilometer.

As a proper noun theaetetus is

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

kilometre

English

Alternative forms

* chilometer, chilometre (obsolete) * (US) kilometer

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa)

    • Synonyms

    * klick (military slang, used when referring to distance) * km (official SI symbol ) * Km (chiefly American, in non-scientific usage, such as in road signs )

    Derived terms

    * square kilometre

    Anagrams

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    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).