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Maupertuis in American English
noun: Pierre Louis Moreau de (pjeʀ lwi mɔˈʀou də) 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist

Maupertuis in British English
noun: Pierre Louis Moreau de (pjɛr lwi mɔro də ). 1698–1759, French mathematician, who originated the principle of least action (or Maupertuis principle)

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