Leibniz

American  

[lahyb-nits, lahyp-nits] / ˈlaɪb nɪts, ˈlaɪp nɪts /

Or Leibnitz

noun

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

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Leibniz Scientific  

/ līb′nĭts /

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.

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Other Word Forms

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

Example Sentences

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Leibniz

Meanwhile, the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research also Thursday downgraded its growth expectations to 0.9% in 2026 and 1.2% in 2027, from 1.0% and 1.4%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“Maybe we’ve oversolved the problem,” says Marcel Pawlowski, an astronomer at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam and a co-author of one of the studies.

From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024

"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 ● Apr. 22, 2024

"Our approach, known as phylogenomics, was to reconstruct the evolutionary history taking into account whole genomes or large fractions of genomes," explains Dr Iker Irisarri, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024

Leibniz believed that the reform of mathematical symbols would improve reasoning just as effectively as the telescope had improved sight.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton