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whitehead
[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]
/ ËʰwaÉȘtËhÉd, ËwaÉȘt- /
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Whitehead
[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]
/ ËʰwaÉȘtËhÉd, ËwaÉȘt- /
noun
Alfred North, 1861â1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
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British Dictionary definitions for whitehead
Whitehead
/ (ËwaÉȘtËhÉd) /
noun
Alfred North. 1861â1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910â13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929)
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Medical definitions for whitehead
whitehead
[ wÄ«tâČhÄdâČ ]
n.
A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow or obstructed opening on the skin surface, which may rupture, caused by the retention of secretions of a sebaceous gland.closed comedo
milium
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