Euler

[ oi-ler; German, Swedish oi-luhr ]

noun
  1. Le·on·hard [German ley-awn-hahrt], /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/, 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.

  2. Ulf Svan·te von [oolf svahn-tuhfawn], /ʊlf ˈsvɑn tə fɔn/, 1905–83, Swedish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1970.

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How to use Euler in a sentence

  • The alg referred to were according to Euler of the nostoc type.

  • The relations between the terms in the four forms are represented by simple diagrams known as Euler's circles.

  • Unless P is a class name, the ordinary doctrine of distribution is nonsense; and Euler's diagrams are meaningless.

  • Euler's first memoir, transmitted to the Academy of Sciences of Paris in 1747, was on the planetary perturbations.

  • The centrifugal pump, invented by Euler in 1754, was taken up in the nineteenth century and greatly improved.

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British Dictionary definitions for Euler

Euler

/ (German ˈɔɪlər) /


noun
  1. Leonhard (ˈleːɔnhart). 1707–83, Swiss mathematician, noted esp for his work on the calculus of variation: considered the founder of modern mathematical analysis

  2. Ulf (Svante) von (ʊlf fɔn). 1905–83, Swedish physiologist: shared the Nobel prize (1970) for physiology or medicine with Julius Axelrod and Bernard Katz for their work on the catecholamines: son of Hans von Euler-Chelpin

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Scientific definitions for Euler

Euler

[ oilər ]


  1. Swiss mathematician who made many contributions to numerous areas of pure and applied mathematics, physics, and astronomy. He was one of the first to develop the methods used in differential and integral calculus, and he introduced much of the basic mathematical notation still used today.

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