Fourier

//ˈfʊriˌeɪ// name

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  1. 1
    A surname from French.

    "Millard’s sketch happened to look a lot like the master plan of Fourierism, one of the most popular secular utopian movements in American history. In the early 1800s, Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, proposed, in a series of jargon-filled writings, a self-sufficient community model called a “phalanx.”"

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baron jean baptiste joseph fourierfrancois marie charles fourier

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"Millard’s sketch happened to look a lot like the master plan of Fourierism, one of the most popular secular utopian movements in American history. In the early 1800s, Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, proposed, in a series of jargon-filled writings, a self-sufficient community model called a “phalanx.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from French Fourier.

Related phrases

Budan-Fourier theoremFourier analysisFourier coefficientFourier seriesFourier stability analysisFourier transformFourier-Budan theoremFourier-Mukai transformdiscrete Fourier transformfast Fourier transforminverse Fourier transform

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