Boole

American  

[bool] / bul /

noun

1. George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.

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Boole British  

/ buːl /

noun

1. George . 1815–64, English mathematician. In Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) and An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854), he applied mathematical formulae to logic, creating Boolean algebra

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Boole Scientific  

/ bo̅o̅l /

1. British mathematician who wrote important works in various areas of mathematics. He developed a system of mathematical symbolism to express logical relations that is now known as Boolean algebra.

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Example Sentences

Boole translated logic into algebra—with an algebra of logic, or Boolean algebra—transforming logic from a philosophical, rule-based system into a mathematical, symbolic one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Before Boole, formal logic came from the writings of Aristotle.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024

Brock and Boole each called 911, Brock said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Much of it had to be re-discovered by later thinkers, such as the 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher George Boole, who more fully developed the idea of a logical system based on binary arithmetic.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2016

Being especially interested in mathematical science, the father gave his son his first lessons; but the extraordinary mathematical powers of George Boole did not manifest themselves in early life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various