LEIBNIZ

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• LEIBNIZ (noun)
  The noun LEIBNIZ has 1 sense:

1. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)

  Familiarity information: LEIBNIZ used as a noun is very rare.

• LEIBNIZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Leibnitz; Leibniz

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Derivation:

Leibnizian (of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy)

 Context examples 

Co-author of the study, Franz Holker of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, said things are at the critical point.

(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)