tria = three
gonia = angle
metron = measurement
Measurements of a trigon (or triangle).
From Greek: tri = threegon = corner metry = measurement.
Hipparchus
plane trigonometry spherical trigonometry
From Greek. Trigon comes from 3-sided figure, now known as a triangle. Metry comes from measurement.
The word trigonometry originates from the two Greek words 'trigon' and 'metron'. While 'trigon' has the meaning of triangle, 'metron' means to measure. The literal translation of the word trigonometry is to measure triangles.
Measurements of a trigon (or triangle).
From Greek: tri = threegon = corner metry = measurement.
From the Greek: tri (3) gonos (sides) metros (measure)
Hipparchus, who was a Greek astronomer
Hipparchus
plane trigonometry spherical trigonometry
From Greek. Trigon comes from 3-sided figure, now known as a triangle. Metry comes from measurement.
The Greek letter theta
"Trigonometry" comes from the Greek words trigonon and metron, and roughly translates to "the measurement of angles".
'Trigonometry' comes from Greek: 'trigonon' = 'triangle' and 'metron' = 'measure'. So, basically, the measurement of triangles.
Joseph Greenhowe