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Laplace

/ləˈplɑs/

Laplace proper noun: a surname from French, famously held by.

Proper noun (1)

Laplace (countable and uncountable, plural Laplaces)

  1. (countable) A surname from French, famously held by
  2. Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician 1749-1827, used attributively in the names of various mathematical concepts named after him (see "Derived terms" below)

Proper noun (2) capitalized: LaPlace

LaPlace

  1. A town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Laplace meaning in Tamil

Laplace in Tamil

லாப்பிளாசு

Forms of Laplace

pluralLaplaces
alternative formlaPlace
alternative formLaPlace
alternative formla Place
alternative formLa Place
alternative formPlace

Origin of Laplace

Borrowed from French Laplace.

From French La Place, from la (“the”)+place (“place”).

Words formed from Laplace

Phrases with Laplace

Words that rhyme with Laplace

Questions about Laplace

What does Laplace mean?
Laplace means a surname from French, famously held by.
What is Laplace in Tamil?
Laplace in Tamil is லாப்பிளாசு. See Laplace meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Laplace?
Laplace is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Laplace?
Laplace is pronounced /ləˈplɑs/ (US).

Words near Laplace in the dictionary

  1. lapkin
  2. lapkins
  3. Lapkus
  4. Laplaca
  5. Laplacas
  6. Laplace
  7. Laplace distribution
  8. Laplace expansion
  9. Laplace expansions
  10. Laplace operator
  11. Laplace operators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Laplace (page history and authors); LaPlace (page history and authors); Laplace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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