Definition:Brachistochrone/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Brachistochrone
The word brachistochrone comes from the Greek βράχιστος χρόνος (brakhistos khrónos), which means shortest time.
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): brachistochrone