to cut across the diagonal rather than follow perpendicular sides, saving distance and usually time
Those ugly brown paths are caused by students who pythagorate across the grass.

You'll save twenty miles and half an hour if you pythagorate up the turnpike instead of taking 35 and 75, you cheapskate.
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To apply the Pythagorean Theorem to real-life situations and scenarios.
Johnny: What's the shortest route to your place?
Marco: You gotta pythagorate that shit; cut across diagonally!
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to cut across the diagonal rather than follow perpendicular sides, saving distance
Those ugly brown paths are caused by students who pythagorize across the grass.

You'll save twenty miles and half an hour if you pythagorize up the turnpike instead of taking 35 and 75.
by Pythagoras of Samos October 08, 2008
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To use the pythagorian theorem.
Clabaugh: Mr. Liptack, how do we solve question #2?
Mr. Liptack: Just Pythagorize it!!
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To apply the Pythagorean theorum to any right triangle
Now that we have two of the sides of the triangle, we can pythagorate it to find the third one!
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The use of the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
Side A is 3, side B is 4, pythagorize you get 5.

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1) to conduct the pythagoreon theorem on a right triangle

2) to viciously insult/attack a fellow member of your geometry class

Originated in Mr. A's 9th Grade Geometry Period 2 class in 2007.
Teacher says: "Now, to find the variable x, simply pythagorize this right triangle."

or

Geometry Student says: "Shut up or I will pythagorize you!"
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