"Pascal's triangle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Pascal's triangles [plural]
Etymology: From Blaise Pascal French mathematician. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pascal's triangle (plural Pascal's triangles)
  1. (mathematics) A geometric representation of the binomial coefficients in a triangle, each entry being the sum of the two entries above. Wikipedia link: Pascal's triangle Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (Pascal's triangle): 賈憲三角形 (Chinese Mandarin), 贾宪三角形 (Jiǎxiàn sānjiǎoxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 楊輝三角形 (Chinese Mandarin), 杨辉三角形 (Yánghuī sānjiǎoxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 帕斯卡三角形 (Pàsīkǎ sānjiǎoxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), Pascalův trojúhelník [masculine] (Czech), Pascalin kolmio (Finnish), triangle de Pascal (French), Pascalsches Dreieck [neuter] (German), triangolo di Tartaglia [masculine] (Italian), triangolo di Pascal [masculine] (Italian), مثلث خیام (mosallas-e xayyâm) (Persian), مثلث خیام-پاسکال (mosallas-e xayyâm-pâskâl) (Persian), треуго́льник Паска́ля (treugólʹnik Paskálja) [masculine] (Russian), Pascalov trokut [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Pascals triangel (Swedish)

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