What does "laplace" mean?

A surname from French, famously held by

What is a synonym for "laplace"?

Common synonyms include: family name, integral transform, named transform, surname.

/ləˈplɑs/ name

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Proper Noun

1
A surname from French, famously held by countable
2
A town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.
3
A surname from French, famously held by:; Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician 1749-1827, used attributively in the names of various mathematical concepts named after him (see "Derived terms" below) countable, uncountable

"This differential equation can be easily solved by Laplace transform."

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Laplace.

Etymology 2

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