Saussure

[French soh-syr]

noun

Fer·di·nand de

[French fer-dee-nahn duh] /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/, 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

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Historical Examples of saussure

Saussure states twice, 656, 677, that they are arranged in the form of a fan.
Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)
John Ruskin
Pallas and Saussure were among the most celebrated whose labors contributed to this end.
Principles of Geology
Charles Lyell
The humidity of the air was observed both by August's psychrometer and Saussure's hygrometer.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
A.E. Nordenskieold
Saussure conjectures that it is the electrical fluid which surrounds these vesicles, and prevents them from dissolving in the air.
The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World
Thomas Wood
By the experiments of Saussure, it appears, that a cubic foot of atmospheric air will hold eleven grains of water in solution.
The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World
Thomas Wood

British Dictionary definitions for saussure

Saussure

noun

Ferdinand de (fɛrdinɑ̃ də). 1857–1913, Swiss linguist. He pioneered structuralism in linguistics and the separation of scientific language description from historical philological studies

Derived FormsSaussurean, adjective, noun

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