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Chasles

[ shahl ]

/ ʃɑl /

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noun

Mi·chel

[mee-shel], /miˈʃɛl/, 1793–1880, French mathematician.

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Words nearby Chasles

chase, chase mortise, chaser, Chasid, chasing, Chasles, chasm, chasmogamous, chasmogamy, chassé, chasse gardée

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How to use Chasles in a sentence

The leap suggested by M. Chasles is exorbitant; such a headlong development would be unintelligible.
Montaigne and Shakspere|John M. Robertson
But since a French critic, M. Philarète Chasles, has made the same accusation, we must pause and consider it.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
In those days there was a famous mathematician whose name was Chasles.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
At last other learned men, who did not love Chasles, tried to make him understand that he had been befooled.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Mr. P. Chasles has played the critic so well with the English tongue, that perhaps he can find us a few specimens.
Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853|Various