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[ klai-roh; French kle-roh ] / klɛəˈroʊ; French klɛˈroʊ /
nounA·le·xis Claude [a-lek-see klohd], /a lɛkˈsi kloʊd/, 1713–65, French mathematician. Words nearby Clairautclaiming race, claim-jumper, claimsman, Clair, clairaudience, Clairaut, Clairaut equation, clair de lune, Claire, clair-obscure, Clairton Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ClairautThe comet made its predicted nearest approach to the Sun on March 13, 1759, just one month earlier than Clairaut had computed. The Science of the Stars|E. Walter Maunder The comet arrived at its perihelion on the thirteenth of March, only twenty-three days from the time assigned by Clairaut. Letters on Astronomy|Denison Olmsted Truly, it will not equal that of Newton, who had received the spark divine; nor even that of his collaborator Clairaut. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar Hence it is plain that Clairaut's theorem furnishes a practical method for determining the value of the earth's ellipticity. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men|Francois Arago
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