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FOURIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
Synonyms:
Charles Fourier; Fourier; Francois Marie Charles Fourier
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)
Sense 2
Meaning:
French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Synonyms:
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier; Fourier; Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
