Hermite

American  

[her-meet, er-meet] / hərˈmit, ɛrˈmit /

noun

1. Charles 1822–1901, French mathematician.

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Example Sentences

Relatives of Hermite Mercius, who died on April 18 in a Brooklyn nursing home from the virus, said the funeral home misidentified her remains, sending them a photo of someone who was not her.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2020

Several rocks lie off the south end, towards both the east and west; and one above water lies detached, towards the Hermite Islands, nearly in mid-channel: but no other appearance of danger was visible.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

It was also done by Hermite, Lindemann and others by proving that epsilon and rho are transcendental numbers.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

In this ship was Cornelius Jacobson, who was counsellor to admiral Le Hermite, but the ship was immediately commanded by captain Adrian Troll.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Kerr, Robert

Hermite and Besançon proceeded to construct a balloon of gold-beater's skin, having a capacity of 3960 cubic feet, in order to carry a better instrumental equipment.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence