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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A triangle of numbers in which a row represents the coefficients of the binomial series. The triangle is bordered by ones on the right and left sides, and each interior entry is the sum of the two entries above.
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- noun mathematics A
geometric representation of thebinomial coefficients in a triangle, each entry being thesum of the two entries above.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Blaise Pascal.]
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From Blaise Pascal French mathematician
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