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Hilbert

[ hil-bert; German hil-buhrt ]
/ ˈhɪl bərt; German ˈhɪl bərt /

noun

Da·vid [dey-vid; German dah-vit], /ˈdeɪ vɪd; German ˈdɑ vɪt/, 1862–1943, German mathematician.

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Words nearby Hilbert

hilarity, Hilarius, Hilary, Hilary of Poitiers, Hilary term, Hilbert, Hilbert space, Hilda, Hildebrand, Hildegarde, Hildegard of Bingen
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Hilbert
/ (ˈhɪlbət) /

noun

David (ˈdaːfɪt). 1862–1943, German mathematician, who made outstanding contributions to the theories of number fields and invariants and to geometry
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