Poincaré
Americannoun
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Jules Henri 1854–1912, French mathematician.
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his cousin Raymond 1860–1934, French statesman: president of France 1913–20.
noun
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Jules Henri (ʒyl ɑ̃ri). 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He made important contributions to the theory of functions and to astronomy and electromagnetic theory
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his cousin, Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1860–1934, French statesman; premier of France (1912–13; 1922–24; 1926–29); president (1913–20)
Example Sentences
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The concept of gravitational waves dates back to 1893 and 1905, when Oliver Heaviside and Henri Poincaré first proposed related ideas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025
Man Ray was as interested in Shakespeare, poetry and theater as he was in Poincaré, physics and the philosophy of science.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
He was director of the Henri Poincaré Institute and had big plans in the works.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2020
Poincaré described lying in bed in a half-dream state as the ideal condition for coming up with new ideas.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
They tell me that M. Poincaré has been to the front.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 by Various
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