Laplacean

Adjective

Laplacean (not generally comparable, comparative more Laplacean, superlative most Laplacean)

1. (not comparable, usually) Of or related to Pierre Simon Laplace; (of mathematical terms) embodying or reflecting his methods or ideas.
   • The object of this paper is to set forth briefly to what extent the principles proposed by Laplace in his Mécanique Céleste, tome 1, livre 2, may be made available in practice for the derivation of preliminary orbits of comets, minor planets, and satellites. […] Before proceeding to a discussion of...1913, A.O. Leuschner, “On the Laplacean orbit methods”, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Mathematicians (Cambridge, 22–28 August 1912), Cambridge University Press, pages 210-211
   • What does Freud oppose to the view that the future is already written? It is in so far as chance does exist in the physical, as opposed to mental world, that Freud distinguishes himself from a superstitious person. Yet the analyst never takes a chance event at face value. Everything mental — that...1991 [1990], John Forrester, The Seductions of Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan and Derrida, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95