Definition of Bernoulli

1. Noun. Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782).

Exact synonyms: Daniel Bernoulli
Generic synonyms: Physicist

2. Noun. Swiss mathematician (1667-1748).
Exact synonyms: Jean Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, John Bernoulli
Generic synonyms: Mathematician

3. Noun. Swiss mathematician (1654-1705).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bernoulli

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
Berne
Bernese
Bernese Oberland
Bernese mountain dog
Bernfeld
Bernhard Riemann
Bernhardt
Bernhardt's disease
Bernhardt's formula
Bernhardt-Roth syndrome
Bernheim's syndrome
Bernice
Bernie
Bernini
Bernoulli (current term)
Bernoulli's law
Bernoulli's principle
Bernoulli's theorem
Bernoulli distribution
Bernoulli effect
Bernoulli trial
Bernstein
Bernstein mode
Bernstein test
Bernsteinian
Berovo
Berra
Berry
Berry's ligaments

Literary usage of Bernoulli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability from the Time of Pascal to by Isaac Todhunter (1865)
"JAMES Bernoulli. 92. WE now propose to give an account of the Ars Conjec- ... James Bernoulli is the first member of the celebrated family of this name who ..."

2. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"It was only terminated by the death of James Bernoulli. ... ordered it to be engraved upon his monument ; in imitation of which, Bernoulli ordered a ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On the Mid-day Illumination of the Lunar Craters Geminus, Burchhardt, and Bernoulli. By WR BIRT, FRAS The object of the present communication is to lay ..."

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