Poincaré
Jules Hen·ri [zhyl ahn-ree], /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/, 1854–1912, French mathematician.
his cousin, Ray·mond [re-mawn], /rɛˈmɔ̃/, 1860–1934, French statesman: president of France 1913–20.
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How to use Poincaré in a sentence
As a mathematical achievement, it may not be up there with solving the Poincaré Conjecture but it was still a remarkable feat.
On that day, after twelve months of fighting, the regiment was presented by President Poincaré with a battle-flag.
A Soldier of the Legion | Edward MorlaeHenri Poincaré was born April 29, 1854, at Nancy, where his father was a physician highly respected.
The reader of M. Poincaré's book is in presence, then, of a great special investigator who is also a philosopher.
Meanwhile, as contributor to the philosophical discussion of the bases and methods of science, M. Poincaré has long been active.
This is a question Poincaré here dissects with a master hand.
British Dictionary definitions for Poincaré
/ (French pwɛ̃kare) /
Jules Henri (ʒyl ɑ̃ri). 1854–1912, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He made important contributions to the theory of functions and to astronomy and electromagnetic theory
his cousin, Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1860–1934, French statesman; premier of France (1912–13; 1922–24; 1926–29); president (1913–20)
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