de Moivre

American  

[duh mwahv, mwah-vruh, moi-ver, de mwah-vr^uh] / də ˈmwɑv, ˈmwɑ vrə, ˈmɔɪ vər, dɛ ˈmwɑ vrə /

noun

1. Abraham 1667–1754, French mathematician in England.

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Example Sentences

Abraham de Moivre, a French mathematician and the godfather of probability theory, was also the first-known person to correctly predict the day he would die.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2017

But the advent of Big Data analytics has reraised the questions that de Moivre considered: Can we use mathematics to predict the timing of death?

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2017

I consulted a learned and friendly mathematician, Mr. George Scott, a pupil of de Moivre; and his map of a country which I have never explored, may perhaps be more serviceable to others.

From Memoirs of My Life and Writings by Gibbon, Edward

Many of the greatest mathematicians of the age, such as de Moivre and Laplace, were French by birth, while others like Euler belonged to French-speaking races, and wrote in French.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various