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Cavalieri

American  
[kav-uhl-yair-ee, kah-vah-lye-ree] / ˌkæv əlˈyɛər i, ˌkɑ vɑˈlyɛ ri /

noun

  1. Francesco Bonaventura 1598–1697, Italian mathematician.


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It’s also home to pasta producers as diverse as Granoro, one of Italy’s most popular supermarket brands, and Pastificio Benedetto Cavalieri, a top-notch artisanal maker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Quagraine was glad to have backed out of his earlier bet on Cavalieri, who finished well in back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Although the runner-up finish was all Cavalieri needed to advance, he hadn’t even reached the pits by the time he started recounting his mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

Ryan Cavalieri, a top-25 globally ranked RC driver, is a 38-year-old Huntington Beach native who grew up going to the since-shuttered SoCal RC Raceway with his father, now his pit crew chief.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

To Cavalieri, every area, like that of the triangle, is made up of an infinite number of zero-width lines, and a volume is made up of an infinite number of zero-height planes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife