English Explanatory Dictionary

Laplace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from French, famously held by
  2. A surname from French, famously held by:
  3. Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician 1749-1827, used attributively in the names of various mathematical concepts named after him (see "Derived terms" below)
name
  1. A town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Pronunciation

/ləˈplɑs/ En-us-Laplace.ogg

Word forms

Laplace Laplaces la Place Place

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laplace.

Derived words

de Moivre-Laplace theorem Laplacean Laplace-Beltrami operator Laplace distribution Laplace limit Laplace-Mehler integral Laplace operator Laplace plane Laplace's demon Laplace's equation Laplace series Laplace's integral Laplace-Stieltjes transform Laplace transform Laplacian
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