quadrature of the circle cârušeš-e parhun, ~ dâyeré Fr.: quadrature du cercle Constructing a square whose area equals that of a given circle. This was one of the three geometric problems of antiquity. It was finally proved to be an impossible problem when π was proven to be transcendental by Lindemann in 1882. Same as → squaring the circle. → quadrature; → circle. |