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Heronian is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Heronian in a sentence

Heronian meaning

Of or relating to Hero of Alexandria, Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.

Using Heronian

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to Hero of Alexandria, Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.
  • In the example corpus, heronian often appears in combinations such as: heronian triple.

Context around Heronian

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

triple 2×

Sentence patterns with Heronian

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is a heronian triple so 1× the heronian triple a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the heronian triple 1×

Common sentence endings:

a pythagorean triple 1× greater than one 1×

Words around Heronian

Just before it in the word index:

heronbridge 4 heron 149 heromirror 2 herolds 2 herold 22 heroism 190

Just after it in the word index:

heronode 3 heronry 3 herons 23 herophilos 3 herophilus 2 heroquest 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Heronian

  • In this selection, "heronian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, triple stand out and add context to how "heronian" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is a heronian triple so and the heronian triple a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "heronian" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with heronian

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Heronian triple (a, b, c) is primitive provided a, b, c are pairwise relatively prime (as with a Pythagorean triple). (21 words)

If (a, b, c) is a Heronian triple, so is (ma, mb, mc) where m is any positive integer greater than one. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

If (a, b, c) is a Heronian triple, so is (ma, mb, mc) where m is any positive integer greater than one. (22 words)

The Heronian triple (a, b, c) is primitive provided a, b, c are pairwise relatively prime (as with a Pythagorean triple). (21 words)

Example sentences (2)

If (a, b, c) is a Heronian triple, so is (ma, mb, mc) where m is any positive integer greater than one.

The Heronian triple (a, b, c) is primitive provided a, b, c are pairwise relatively prime (as with a Pythagorean triple).

Common combinations with heronian

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "heronian" in a sentence?
An example: "If (a, b, c) is a Heronian triple, so is (ma, mb, mc) where m is any positive integer greater than one." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "heronian" from authentic English texts.
What does "heronian" mean?
Heronian means: Of or relating to Hero of Alexandria, Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.
How many example sentences with "heronian" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "heronian", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.