Lovelace
Americannoun
noun
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Countess of, title of Ada Augusta King. 1815–52, English mathematician and personal assistant to Charles Babbage: daughter of Lord Byron. She wrote the first computer program
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Richard. 1618–58, English Cavalier poet, noted for To Althea from Prison (1642) and Lucasta (1649)
Example Sentences
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In the startup’s Palo Alto offices, the conference rooms are named for legendary mathematicians—Poincaré, Gauss, Hilbert, Lovelace, Turing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
But Ai-Da was also named after Ada Lovelace, a famous mathematician in the 1800s.
From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 14, 2024
“Volunteer agreements essentially are just a means of firms marking their own homework,” says Andrew Straight, associate director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research organisation.
From BBC • May 22, 2024
Robin Lovelace, a fine artist and woodcarver, met Lamp when he was pruning trees near her home.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024
Hazel tried that with Mrs. Jacobs on her first day at Lovelace.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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