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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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