asses' bridge

asses' bridge
noun
Etymology: translation of New Latin pons asinorum; probably from the similarity of the geometrical construction demonstrating it to the trusses of a bridge and from its being considered a difficulty for poor students of geometry
: the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid: the angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are equal to one another

a schoolboy, stammering out his asses' bridge — Frederic Harrison

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Geom.

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asses' bridge noun
The pons asinorum, or fifth proposition in the first book of Euclid's Elements of geometry, as being for some an impassable barrier to further progress
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Main Entry: ↑ass

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asses' bridge,
= pons asinorum. (Cf. ↑pons asinorum)
╂[translation of Late Latin pōns asinōrum]

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  • Asses' bridge — Bridge Bridge (br[i^]j), n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br[ u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • asses' bridge — n. PONS ASINORUM …   English World dictionary

  • Asses' Bridge — Ass Ass, n. [OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. ?; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. [ae]sel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • asses' bridge — Geom. See pons asinorum. * * * …   Universalium

  • asses' bridge — noun English term for pons asinorum …   English new terms dictionary

  • asses' bridge — /æsəz ˈbrɪdʒ/ (say asuhz brij) noun Geometry → pons asinorum …  

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