Poincaré

[ pwahn-kah-rey; French, pwan-ka-rey ]

noun

1. Jules Hen·ri [zh, y, l ah, n, -, ree], 1854–1912, French mathematician.
2. his cousin Ray·mond [r, e-, mawn], 1860–1934, French statesman: president of France 1913–20.

Poincaré

/ pwɛ̃kare /

noun

1. PoincaréJules Henri18541912MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematicianSCIENCE: physicistPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Jules Henri (ʒyl ɑ̃ri). 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He made important contributions to the theory of functions and to astronomy and electromagnetic theory
2. PoincaréRaymond18601934MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state his cousin, Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1860–1934, French statesman; premier of France (1912–13; 1922–24; 1926–29); president (1913–20)

Example Sentences

That group of paintings was made during his time in Hollywood, but they derive from photographs of complex mathematical models by physicist Henri Poincaré that the artist shot in Paris.

From Los Angeles Times

Man Ray was as interested in Shakespeare, poetry and theater as he was in Poincaré, physics and the philosophy of science.

From Los Angeles Times

The ingenuity of Poincaré’s disc model is that it illustrates beautifully how parallel lines behave in hyperbolic space.

From Literature

Poincaré defined a straight line in the disc as being a section of a circle that enters the disc at right angles.

From Literature

Poincaré, in fact, conducted the same experiment with baguettes as I did, but for a different reason.

From Literature