Kovalevsky

American  

[kov-uh-lef-skee, -lev-] / ˌkɒv əˈlɛf ski, -ˈlɛv- /

noun

1. Sonia Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, 1850–91, Russian mathematician.

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Kovalevsky Scientific  

/ kŏv′ə-lĕv′skē /

1. Russian mathematician who made important contributions to calculus. Her mathematical determination of the shape of Saturn's rings became a model for other scientists.

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Example Sentences

Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Kovalevsky, W., on the pugnacity of the male capercailzie; on the pairing of the capercailzie.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Also, Besseler, Neubruch nach dem alteren deutschen Recht, pp. 11-12, quoted by Kovalevsky, Modern Custom and Ancient Law, Moscow, 1886, i.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

He wanted to visit Algiers and Tunis, but Kovalevsky, with whom he meant to travel, fell ill, and he had to give up the project.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance

The multitude of Wagners, Brandts, and so on, in all the scientific world, make a Russian name out of the question for a zoologist—though there is Kovalevsky.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance