Leibnitz

American  

[lahyb-nits] / ˈlaɪb nɪts /

noun

1. Gottfried Wilhelm von, 1646-1716, German rationalist philosopher, scientist, and mathematician credited with creating a system of calculus.

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Leibnitz British  

/ ˈlaɪbnɪts /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

• Leibnitzian 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 • Feb. 16, 2022

Philosopher John Dewey once wrote that he was not sure he understood the book, but that it was undoubtedly the most significant work in systematic philosophy since Leibnitz.

From Time Magazine Archive

They argue unconvincingly that such intellectual giants as Goethe, Leibnitz, Mill and Macaulay benefited less from genes than from early teaching, conclude that parents can train their children to become gifted.

From Time Magazine Archive

As early as 1671 Gottfried Leibnitz sought unsuccessfully to invent a mechanical calculating machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 "The Scientists" by John Gribbin