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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See Asses' bridge, under Ass.

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  1. n. a problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person

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  1. New Latin pōns asinōrum, bridge of fools (nickname of the Fifth Proposition in the Elements of Euclid, due to its difficulty) : Latin pōns, bridge + Latin asinōrum, genitive pl. of asinus, ass, fool. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • sionnach Pons Asinorum (Latin for "Bridge of Asses") is the name given to Euclid's fifth proposition in Book 1 of his Elements of geometry:

    In isosceles triangles the angles at the base equal one another, and, if the equal straight lines are produced further, then the angles under the base equal one another.
    Oct 24, 2007

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