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Leibniz

American  
[lahyb-nits, lahyp-nits] / ˈlaɪb nɪts, ˈlaɪp nɪts /
Or Leibnitz

noun

  1. Gottfried Wilhelm von 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.


Leibniz Scientific  
/ lībnĭts /
  1. German philosopher and mathematician who invented the mathematical processes of differentiation and integration, which greatly expanded the field of calculus. Leibniz also established the foundations of probability theory and conceived the idea for a practical calculating machine.


Other Word Forms

  • Leibnitzian adjective
  • Leibnitzianism noun
  • Leibnizian adjective
  • Leibnizianism noun
  • post-Leibnitzian adjective
  • post-Leibnizian adjective

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"Our partners at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden have developed quantum dots that differ only minimally," he adds.

From Science Daily

The archaeological data are “so important because of the lack of written sources from the Baltic region,” says Roman Shiroukhov, an archaeologist at the Leibniz Center for Archaeology who was not part of the work.

From Science Magazine

A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now carried out a study on a human gastric cell line.

From Science Daily

"And several research teams are already trying to do this, for example at the University of Kassel and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden."

From Science Daily

"We were particularly interested in the molecular background of the unique lychee note," continues the PhD student from the Leibniz Institute.

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