GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNITZ

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• GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNITZ (noun)
The noun GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNITZ 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: GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNITZ used as a noun is very rare.

• GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNITZ (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)

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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)

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