Leib·niz or Leib·nitz 
(lībnĭts, līp-), Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von 1646-1716.
(lībnĭts, līp-), Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von 1646-1716. German philosopher and mathematician. He invented differential and integral calculus independently of Newton and proposed an optimist metaphysical theory that included the notion that we live in "the best of all possible worlds."
- companionate
- companionate marriage
- companion cell
- companion planting
- companionship
- companionway
- company
- company-grade officer
- company man
- company town
- company woman
- comparability
- comparable
- comparableness
- comparable worth
- comparably
- comparatist
- comparative
- comparatively
- comparative method
- comparator
- compare
- compare notes
- comparer
- comparison