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Poncelet

[ pawnsuh-le ]

noun

  1. Jean Vic·tor [zhah, n, veek-, tawr], 1788–1867, French mathematician.


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Horsemeat, I realized at the Rue Poncelet counter, is a last redoubt against the onslaught of global acculturation.

In any case, Jacques Desperrières, the butcher at the shop on Rue Poncelet, said the horsemeat hysteria bothered him “not at all.”

A general notion of the action of the water on a Poncelet wheel has already been given in 159.

The renowned Jean Victor Poncelet lent weight to this scheme.

Several constructions have been given for the floats of Poncelet wheels.

The efficiency of a Poncelet wheel has been found in experiments to reach 0.68.

You know what Poncelet understood by the principle of continuity.

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