Stevin

[ stuh-vahyn ]

/ stəˈvaɪn /

noun

Si·mon

[see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/,1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for stevin

A curious account of this early project is to be found in the library of the British Museum, under the name "Stevin, 1652."
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson|Samuel Smiles
Stevin also built a smaller sail vehicle, similar to the one just described, that carried from five to eight persons.
Automobile Biographies|Lyman Horace Weeks
He translated the Portuum investigandorum ratio of Stevin in 1599.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan
Stevin of Bruges reckons up 2170 monosillables, which being compounded, how richly do they grace a tongue.
Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850|Various

Stevin supposed a chain to be placed over two inclined planes, and to hang down in the manner represented in the figure.
The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy|John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune

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