Definition of Jacobi

1. Noun. German mathematician (1804-1851).

Exact synonyms: Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Generic synonyms: Mathematician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobi

Jacob
Jacob's coat
Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladders
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Jacob's staff
Jacob Epstein
Jacob Harmensen
Jacobaeus operation
Jacobean
Jacobean lilies
Jacobean lily
Jacobeans
Jacobethan
Jacobi (current term)
Jacobi symbol
Jacobi symbols
Jacobian
Jacobians
Jacobin
Jacobine
Jacobines
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Jacobinical
Jacobinism
Jacobinisms
Jacobins
Jacobite
Jacobites

Literary usage of Jacobi

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

1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1874)
"Darum ist die Jacobi'sche Fläche von vier Kugeln eine Kugel, welche die gegebenen überall rechtwinklig durchschneidet. (Vergi. ..."

2. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"As already mentioned, Jacobi had, with great acuteness, laid bare the grave ... Jacobi could not feel satisfied with the Kantian philosophy any more than ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"It was Jacobi who first pointed out the fatal contradiction involved in Kant's ... During his last years Jacobi was employed in collecting and editing his ..."

4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"Jacobi on the Eating of Gravel by Hints. Din Aufnahme von Steinen durch ... In this article Dr. Jacobi, following the lead of Professor ..."

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