Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book X (II)/2 - Second Binomial

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Definition

In the words of Euclid:

but if the lesser term be commensurable in length with the rational straight line set out, let the whole be called a second binomial;

(The Elements: Book $\text{X (II)}$: Definition $2$)


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