Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book X (II)/1 - First Binomial

Definition

 *  Given a rational straight line and a binomial, divided into its terms, such that the square on the greater term is greater than the term on the lesser by the square on a straight line commensurable in length with the greater, then, if the greater term be commensurable in length with the rational straight line set out, let the whole be called a first binomial straight line;