method of indivisibles (English, name)
expansion: the method of indivisibles
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An old kind of calculus in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: the method of indivisibles
tags: canonical