Archimedes
Syllabification: (Ar·chi·me·des)
Pronunciation: /ˌärkəˈmēdēz/
Definition of Archimedes
- (circa 287–212 bc), Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse. He is noted for his discovery of Archimedes' principle (legend has it that he made this discovery while taking a bath and ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!”). Among his mathematical discoveries are the ratio of the radius of a circle to its circumference and formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere and of a cylinder.