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Hermite

American  
[her-meet, er-meet] / hərˈmit, ɛrˈmit /

noun

  1. Charles 1822–1901, French mathematician.


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Relatives of Hermite Mercius, who died on April 18 in a Brooklyn nursing home from the virus, said the funeral home misidentified her remains, sending them a photo of someone who was not her.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2020

Mr Hartshorne gives no other authority for the present fragment, except the article in the Bibliographer, where it is entitled the Kyng and the Hermite.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

Hermite and Besançon proceeded to construct a balloon of gold-beater's skin, having a capacity of 3960 cubic feet, in order to carry a better instrumental equipment.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence

According to the computations of M. Hermite, a French astronomer, the total number of stars visible to the naked eye of an observer of average visual power does not exceed 6000.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Haas and Oettel 10.7 15.4 3.8 31.9 Kellner 7.5 22.0 2.75 43.9 Hermite 11.2 14.5 2.87 42.2 Mather and Platt ....

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph