Chardin

American  

[shar-dan] / ʃarˈdɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jean Baptiste Siméon 1699–1779, French painter.

2. Pierre Teilhard de Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.

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Chardin British  

/ ʃardɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jean-Baptiste Siméon (ʒɑ̃batist simeɔ̃). 1699–1779, French still-life and genre painter, noted for his subtle use of scumbled colour

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Example Sentences

Colbert is gracious and polite, keeping a quote from the French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin — “Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God” — affixed to his computer and remembering the quote his parents would often invoke from French philosopher Léon Bloy, who said that the only sadness is not to be a saint.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, in 2012 Chardin and a colleague hypothesized that the universe might contain equal amounts of matter and antimatter, with the latter subject to antigravity.

From Science Magazine

The new result might seem to torpedo Chardin’s model, as it rules out antigravity equal in strength to gravity.

From Science Magazine

However, Chardin notes that all his theory really requires is antimatter that’s subject to some amount of repulsion, and the result isn’t precise enough to rule that out.

From Science Magazine

“Pure antigravity is excluded,” Chardin says.

From Science Magazine