ピタゴラ装置

Japanese

Kanji in this term
装	置
そう Grade: 6	ち Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
ピタゴラ裝置 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a TV program called ピタゴラスイッチ (Pitagorasuitchi) which featured such contraptions. From ピタゴラ (pitagora, “Pythagoras”) + 装置(そうち) (sōchi, “devices”).

Noun

ピタゴラ装(そう)置(ち) • (pitagora sōchi) 

1. Rube Goldberg machine