Lagrange

American  

[luh-graynj, la-grahnzh] / ləˈgreɪndʒ, laˈgrɑ̃ʒ /

noun

1. Joseph Louis Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.

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Lagrange British  

/ laɡrɑ̃ʒ /

noun

1. Comte Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer, noted particularly for his work on harmonics, mechanics, and the calculus of variations

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Lagrange Scientific  

/ lə-grānj′,lə-gränj′ /

1. Italian-born French mathematician and astronomer who made important contributions to algebra and calculus. His work on celestial mechanics extended scientific understanding of planetary and lunar motion. In 1772 he discovered the points in space that are now named for him.

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Other Word Forms

• Lagrangian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Lagrange

Roughly 70 minutes after launch, communications shift to NASA's Deep Space Network, which will help guide the observatory toward the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, about one million miles from Earth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

And L1 stands for Lagrange point 1 - the exact place between the Sun and Earth where the spacecraft is heading.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024

The cube-shaped spacecraft will orbit Earth for about 16 days before beginning its 110-day journey to its final destination — the L1 Lagrange point.

From DOGO News ● Sep. 12, 2023

Those positions are called Lagrange Points, named after Italian-French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange.

From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023

Finding no troops at Somerville, on my arrival there, I continued on, taking the road that leads south to Lagrange, which place I reached late in the afternoon.

From Four Years A Scout and Spy by E. C. Downs