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Claude Bernard

Definition: Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard

Noun

1. French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Claude Bernard

Synonym: Bernard (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Claude Bernard

DomainUsage

Clever

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. (references; author: Claude Bernard)

True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance. (references; author: Claude Bernard)

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. (references; author: Claude Bernard)

It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning. (references; author: Claude Bernard)

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. (references; author: Claude Bernard)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Claude Bernard

Illustrations:
Claude Bernard

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Photo Album: Claude Bernard

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Shows photo of formal portrait, realistic artist rendering of French Physiologist, Claude Bernard. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Claude Bernard / LaFosse. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Claude Bernard

AuthorQuotation

Claude Bernard

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
A modern poet has characterized the personality of art and the impersonality of science as follows: Art is I: Science is WE.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Claude Bernard

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

claude bernard

18

claude bernard hotel

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Claude Bernard

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-d-e-e-l-n-r-r-u"

-3 letters: bandleader, calendared, rebalanced, undeclared, unreadable.

-4 letters: aberrance, barnacled, blundered, blunderer, danceable, endurable, laundered, launderer, rebalance, unabraded, unclearer, underbred, undercard.

-5 letters: balanced, balancer, barleduc, barnacle, barreled, bedunced, belauded, beuncled, burdened, burdener, calendar, calender, cerebral, cerulean, credenda, darneder, debarred, declared, declarer, durneder, educable, larcener, readable, unbarred, unbeared, unbraced, unleaded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Claude Bernard


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6C 61 75 64 65      42 65 72 6E 61 72 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101100 01100001 01110101 01100100 01100101 00100000 01000010 01100101 01110010 01101110 01100001 01110010 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#108 &#97 &#117 &#100 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#114 &#110 &#97 &#114 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006C 0061 0075 0064 0065      0042 0065 0072 006E 0061 0072 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

377867877071236718480678470

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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