FOURIER

Fourier, Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier

(noun) French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)

Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

(noun) French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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2 May 2025

MINESHAFT

(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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