Leibnitz

American  

[lahyb-nits] / ˈlaɪb nɪts /

noun

1. Gottfried Wilhelm von, 1646-1716, German rationalist philosopher, scientist, and mathematician credited with creating a system of calculus.

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Leibnitz British  

/ ˈlaɪbnɪts /

noun

1. Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von (ˈɡɔtfriːt ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1646–1716, German rationalist philosopher and mathematician. He conceived of the universe as a hierarchy of independent units or monads, synchronized by pre-established harmony. His works include Théodicée (1710) and Monadologia (1714). He also devised a system of calculus, independently of Newton

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Leibnitzian
  adjective

Example Sentences

They also evaluated the likely origins of some boulders and plotted a potential route for a rover through a PSR on the moon’s Leibnitz plateau, avoiding obstacles and slopes steeper than 10 degrees.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2022

Voltaire used the Lisbon affair to demolish the fashionable interpretation of the Leibnitz philosophy by which every happening was necessary and therefore good.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Königsberg he makes the Grand Electress blush, argues with Leibnitz, is trained in gunnery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Together, they were destined to change intellectual history, Voltaire by championing Newton in France, Emilie by helping to open the border to the philosophy of Germany's Leibnitz.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same obsessiveness would surface in his later life, whether in his duties at the Royal Mint or in his many disputes with people such as Hooke and Gottfried Leibnitz, the other inventor of calculus.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin