WEIL

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• WEIL (noun)
  The noun WEIL has 2 senses:

1. French philosopher (1909-1943)

2. United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)

  Familiarity information: WEIL used as a noun is rare.

• WEIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French philosopher (1909-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Simone Weil; Weil

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andre Weil; Weil

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

 Context examples 

This is one of a growing number of examples where looking at wild relatives and forerunners of our domesticated crops is giving us back some of the important genetic information that had been unintentionally tossed aside, says Clifford Weil of NSF's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.

(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)