Hoffman

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  1. 1
    A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin. countable, uncountable

    "Graphs with diameter d and girth 2d#43;1 are known as Moore graphs. They were introduced by Hoffman and Singleton in a paper that can be viewed as one of the prime sources of algebraic graph theory."

  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Clinton County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Richmond County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A settlement on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. countable, uncountable

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"Therefore, E.T.A. Hoffman asserts: "Music is the most romantic of all arts, for its object is the infinite. It is the mysterious Sanskrit of nature, spoken in tones which fill up the soul of mankind with infinite yearning; and it alone lets us understand the songs of the trees, the flowers, the animals, the stones and the waters.""

Etymology

Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.

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