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41Paul Wittich — (1546 1586) was a Silesian mathematician and astronomer [Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus , Penguin, ISBN 0143034766] whose Capellan geoheliocentric model, in which the inner planets Mercury and …
42intenable — [ ɛ̃t(ə)nabl ] adj. • 1627; de 1. in et tenable 1 ♦ Qui ne peut être défendu. Place intenable. Que l on ne peut tenir ou soutenir. ⇒ insoutenable. Position, situation intenable. 2 ♦ ⇒ intolérable. Chaleur intenable. ♢ Fam. (Personnes) Gamin mal… …
43defensible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. justifiable, tenable, warrantable. See evidence.Ant., indefensible, weak. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. justifiable, proper, permissible, tenable; see excusable , fit 1 , 2 , logical 1 . III (Roget s… …
44mathematics, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy concerned with the epistemology and ontology of mathematics. Early in the 20th century, three main schools of thought called logicism, formalism, and intuitionism arose to account for and resolve the crisis in the foundations …
45theory — A reasoned explanation of known facts or phenomena that serves as a basis of investigation by which to seek the truth. SEE ALSO: hypothesis, postulate. [G. theoria, a beholding, speculation, t., fr. theoros, a beholder] adsorption t. of narcosis… …
46Glasgow — GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …
47well-founded — adjective based on sound reasoning or evidence well founded suspicions • Syn: ↑tenable • Similar to: ↑reasonable, ↑sensible • Derivationally related forms: ↑tenableness ( …
48ten´a|ble|ness — ten|a|ble «TEHN uh buhl», adjective. that can be held or defended: »a tenable position, Figurative. a tenable theory. SYNONYM(S): defensible, unassailable. ╂[< Middle French tenable < Old French tenr hold (< Latin tenēre)]… …
49ten|a|ble — «TEHN uh buhl», adjective. that can be held or defended: »a tenable position, Figurative. a tenable theory. SYNONYM(S): defensible, unassailable. ╂[< Middle French tenable < Old French tenr hold (< Latin tenēre)] –ten´a|ble|ness, noun …
50PLACE — s. f. Lieu, endroit, espace qu occupe ou que peut occuper une personne, une chose. La place est remplie, prise, occupée. La place est vide. La place est trop petite pour deux. Il y a place pour vingt couverts. Mettre, ranger chaque chose à sa… …
