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

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Example Sentences

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Leibniz

The study used a 20-qubit IQM quantum computer connected to powerful classical computing resources at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Germany.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

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

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 ● May 16, 2024

"So far, however, only a few substances are known that could be used as coffee markers," says principal investigator Roman Lang from the Leibniz Institute.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

This gave rise to a further dispute as to whether Leibniz had arrived at his theories, as he claimed, independently, or had cobbled them together on the basis of a reading of the Principia.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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