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MARQUIS DE LAPLACE

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MARQUIS DE LAPLACE (noun)
  The noun MARQUIS DE LAPLACE has 1 sense:

1. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827)play

  Familiarity information: MARQUIS DE LAPLACE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MARQUIS DE LAPLACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Laplace; Marquis de Laplace; Pierre Simon de Laplace

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)


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