Explore Saccheri through 5 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Saccheri in a sentence
Using Saccheri
- In the example corpus, saccheri often appears in combinations such as: of saccheri, saccheri quadrilateral.
Context around Saccheri
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saccheri
- In this selection, "saccheri" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, khayyam, unlike and quadrilateral stand out and add context to how "saccheri" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of a saccheri quadrilateral are and of a saccheri quadrilateral. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saccheri" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saccheri
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unlike Saccheri, he never felt that he had reached a contradiction with this assumption. (14 words)
The other two angles of a Saccheri quadrilateral are called the summit angles and they have equal measure. (18 words)
He worked with a figure that today we call a Lambert quadrilateral, a quadrilateral with three right angles (can be considered half of a Saccheri quadrilateral). (26 words)
The summit angles of a Saccheri quadrilateral are acute if the geometry is hyperbolic, right angles if the geometry is Euclidean and obtuse angles if the geometry is elliptic. (29 words)
This problem was known (in a different guise) to Khayyam, Saccheri and Lambert and was the basis for their rejecting what was known as the "obtuse angle case". (28 words)
He worked with a figure that today we call a Lambert quadrilateral, a quadrilateral with three right angles (can be considered half of a Saccheri quadrilateral). (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
He worked with a figure that today we call a Lambert quadrilateral, a quadrilateral with three right angles (can be considered half of a Saccheri quadrilateral).
The other two angles of a Saccheri quadrilateral are called the summit angles and they have equal measure.
The summit angles of a Saccheri quadrilateral are acute if the geometry is hyperbolic, right angles if the geometry is Euclidean and obtuse angles if the geometry is elliptic.
This problem was known (in a different guise) to Khayyam, Saccheri and Lambert and was the basis for their rejecting what was known as the "obtuse angle case".
Unlike Saccheri, he never felt that he had reached a contradiction with this assumption.
Common combinations with saccheri
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of saccheri 3×
- saccheri quadrilateral 3×