Leibniz

Definition: Leibniz

Leibniz

Noun

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).

Date "Leibniz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Synonyms: Leibniz

Synonyms: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (n), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (n), Leibnitz (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Leibniz

English words defined with "Leibniz": Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ♦ Leibnitzian, Leibnizian. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Leibniz

Domain	Title
Books	Learning from Six Philosophers: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume (Volume 1) (reference) Leibniz and Clarke: Correspondence (Hackett Publishing Co.) (reference) Leibniz in 90 Minutes (reference) Leibniz Philosophical Writings (reference) The Rise of Modern Philosophy : The Tension Between the New and Traditional Philosophies from Machiavelli to Leibniz (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Leibniz Review (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Leibniz

Author	Quotation
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz	It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
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Usage Frequency: Leibniz

"Leibniz" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.06% of the time. "Leibniz" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.06%	33	60,273
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.94%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	34	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Leibniz

Expression using "Leibniz": Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leibniz

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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gottfried leibniz	32	leibniz newton vs	2
gottfried wilhelm leibniz	24	knowledge leibniz	2
gottfried wilhelm von leibniz	9	leibniz wilhelm	2
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calculus leibniz	5	guillermo leibniz	2
calculator leibniz	4	leibniz voltaire vs	2
gottfried leibniz von	3	calculus contribution leibniz	2
leibniz newton	3	essay leibniz new	2
de filosofia leibniz	3	leibniz rule	2
		aportes de leibniz	2
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Modern Translations: Leibniz

Language		Translations for "Leibniz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Leibnizkriterium (Leibniz test). (various references)

Pig Latin		eibnizlay
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Anagrams: Leibniz

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-l-n-z"
	-2 letters: bezil, blini, zineb.
	-3 letters: bile, bine, bize, blin, lien, line, zein.
	-4 letters: bel, ben, bin, biz, lei, lez, lib, lie, lin, neb, nib, nil, zin.
	-5 letters: be, bi, el, en, in, li, ne.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-l-n-z"
	+1 letter: zibeline.
	+2 letters: ionizable, obelizing, zibelines, zibelline.
	+3 letters: nebulizing, zibellines.
	+4 letters: cannibalize, marbleizing, verbalizing.
	+5 letters: bestializing, bolshevizing, bowdlerizing, cannibalized, cannibalizes, demobilizing, embolization, insolubilize, liberalizing, metabolizing, nebulization, remobilizing, unpublicized.
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