Euler

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

/ ˈɔɪ lər; German, Swedish ˈɔɪ lər /

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noun

Le·on·hard

[German ley-awn-hahrt], /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/, 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.

Ulf Svan·te von

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

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Words nearby Euler

eukaryotic, eukinetics, EULA, eulachon, Eulenspiegel, Euler, Euler-Chelpin, Euler's circles, Euler's diagram, Euler's formula, Euler's phi-function

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How to use Euler in a sentence

From this object we can extract simpler information about the shape, like its Betti numbers or its Euler number.
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At Lafayette, Euler allegedy joined FIJI, a fraternity not recognized by the administration.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, Phillylacrosse.com reported that Euler had "signed a letter of intent to play at Lafayette College."
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Euler is tall and square-jawed with dirty blonde hair that varies from short to shoulder-length.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Euler, 23, from the Villanova section of Montgomery County, was a star lacrosse player from The Haverford School.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the fall of 2013, Rosemann told investigators, Euler introduced him to Scott.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams|Olivia Nuzzi|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The alg referred to were according to Euler of the nostoc type.
The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb
The relations between the terms in the four forms are represented by simple diagrams known as Euler's circles.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto
Unless P is a class name, the ordinary doctrine of distribution is nonsense; and Euler's diagrams are meaningless.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto
Euler's first memoir, transmitted to the Academy of Sciences of Paris in 1747, was on the planetary perturbations.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
The centrifugal pump, invented by Euler in 1754, was taken up in the nineteenth century and greatly improved.
Inventions in the Century|William Henry Doolittle

British Dictionary definitions for Euler

Euler

/ (German ˈɔɪlər) /

noun

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

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

[ oi′lər ]

Leonhard 1707-1783

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.