Leibnitz

/ ˈlaɪbnɪts /

noun

1. LeibnitzGottfried Wilhelm von16461716MGermanPHILOSOPHY: philosopherSCIENCE: mathematician Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1646–1716, German rationalist philosopher and mathematician. He conceived of the universe as a hierarchy of independent units or monads, synchronized by pre-established harmony. His works include Théodicée (1710) and Monadologia (1714). He also devised a system of calculus, independently of Newton

Derived Forms

• Leibˈnitzian, adjective

Example Sentences

They also evaluated the likely origins of some boulders and plotted a potential route for a rover through a PSR on the moon’s Leibnitz plateau, avoiding obstacles and slopes steeper than 10 degrees.

From Scientific American

The same obsessiveness would surface in his later life, whether in his duties at the Royal Mint or in his many disputes with people such as Hooke and Gottfried Leibnitz, the other inventor of calculus.

From Literature

The technology has been designed by a consortium of the Hungarian national police, Latvian customs, and the universities of Manchester and Leibnitz.

From The Guardian

Leibnitz, Euclid and Pythagoras stared at him from their places on my classroom walls, and a small laugh escaped my throat at the surprising volume of his voice and the severity of his declaration.

From New York Times

Power of making bequests to the clergy enlarged by Constantine, 215 Leibnitz, on the natural or innate powers of man, i.

From Project Gutenberg