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穷竭法

qióng jié fǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

窮竭法 穷竭法 [qiong2 jie2 fa3] /Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)/

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Other forms in these source records: 窮竭法

  • 穷
    qióng

    poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

  • 竭
    jié

    to exhaust

  • 法
    fǎ

    law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])

    Fǎ

    France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]

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