Maupertuis

[ moh-per-twee ]

noun

1. Pierre Louis Mo·reau de [pye, r, lwee maw-, roh, d, uh], 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.

Maupertuis

/ mopɛrtɥi /

noun

1. MaupertuisPierre Louis Moreau de16981759MFrenchSCIENCE: mathematician Pierre Louis Moreau de (pjɛr lwi mɔro də). 1698–1759, French mathematician, who originated the principle of least action (or Maupertuis principle)

Example Sentences

Amongst them was De Lanzy, the celebrated mathematician, and friend of Maupertuis.

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It was decided to entrust a similar expedition to the North to Maupertuis.

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The locality of the battle of Poitiers, or Maupertuis as the French name it, has now been ascertained.

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"Yes; a realization of what the illustrious Maupertuis has already deemed probable," replied the astronomer.

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But in those days Cook's agency did not exist and Maupertuis really believed he had made a polar expedition.

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