Maupertuis

[ moh-per-twee ]

/ moʊ pɛrˈtwi /

noun

Pierre Louis Mo·reau de

[pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/, 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.

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Examples from the Web for maupertuis

Maupertuis' chief scientific performance was his mission to Lapland to determine the measurement of a degree of longitude in 1736.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
Algarotti has already the honor of some acquaintance with Maupertuis.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Maupertuis is well known at Cirey; such a lion could not fail there.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
In 1765 Grimm describes the principle of Leibnitz and Maupertuis as “gaining on us on every side.”
Diderot and the Encyclopdists|John Morley

He requested of Maupertuis to come to Berlin, to settle an academy, in terms of great ardour and great condescension.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6|Samuel Johnson

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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