Maupertuis

[ moh-per-twee ]

/ moʊ pɛrˈtwi /

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noun

Pierre Louis Mo·reau de

[pyerlwee maw-rohduh], /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/, 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.

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maundy, Maundy money, Maundy Thursday, maungy, Maupassant, Maupertuis, Maura, Maureen, Mauretania, Mauretanian, mauri

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How to use Maupertuis in a sentence

Amongst them was De Lanzy, the celebrated mathematician, and friend of Maupertuis.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
It was decided to entrust a similar expedition to the North to Maupertuis.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne
The locality of the battle of Poitiers, or Maupertuis as the French name it, has now been ascertained.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
"Yes; a realization of what the illustrious Maupertuis has already deemed probable," replied the astronomer.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne

But in those days Cook's agency did not exist and Maupertuis really believed he had made a polar expedition.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar

British Dictionary definitions for Maupertuis

Maupertuis

/ (French mopɛrtɥi) /

noun

Pierre Louis Moreau de (pjɛr lwi mɔro də). 1698–1759, French mathematician, who originated the principle of least action (or Maupertuis principle)

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