Pythagorean, meaning of or pertaining to the ancient Ionian mathematician, philosopher, and music theorist Pythagoras, may refer to:

Philosophy

  • Pythagoreanism, the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs purported to have been held by Pythagoras
  • Neopythagoreanism, a school of philosophy reviving Pythagorean doctrines that became prominent in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD
  • Pythagorean diet, the name for vegetarianism before the nineteenth century

Mathematics

  • Pythagorean theorem
  • Pythagorean triple
  • Pythagorean prime
  • Pythagorean trigonometric identity
  • Table of Pythagoras, another name for the multiplication table

Music

  • Pythagorean comma
  • Pythagorean hammers
  • Pythagorean tuning

Other uses

  • Pythagorean cup
  • Pythagorean expectation, a baseball statistical term
  • Pythagorean letter

See also

  • List of things named after Pythagoras