Meaning Of The Word Pons asinorum

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pons asinorum in American English
the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid (that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal)
noun: a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5

pons asinorum in British English
noun: the geometric proposition that the angles opposite the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle are equal

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