Kovalevsky

American  

[kov-uh-lef-skee, -lev-] / ˌkɒv əˈlɛf ski, -ˈlɛv- /

noun

1. Sonia Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, 1850–91, Russian mathematician.

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Kovalevsky Scientific  

/ kŏv′ə-lĕv′skē /

1. Russian mathematician who made important contributions to calculus. Her mathematical determination of the shape of Saturn's rings became a model for other scientists.

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Example Sentences

Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Kovalevsky: Russian Political Institutions. o time crept on with crippled feet, halting and limping on its broken crutches, held back by heavy ball and clanking chain.

From Comrade Kropotkin by Robinson, Victor

Kovalevsky, Alexander, Russian embryologist, professor at St. Petersburg; studied and wrote on the Ascidians; b.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

M. Kovalevsky writes to me from Naples, that he has now carried these observations yet further, and should his results be well established, the whole will form a discovery of the very greatest value.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

He wanted to visit Algiers and Tunis, but Kovalevsky, with whom he meant to travel, fell ill, and he had to give up the project.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance