Leib·niz /ˈlaɪbnəts, ||ˈlaɪpnɪts/
Leibniz
n : German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the
universe as consisting of independent monads and who
devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton
(1646-1716) [syn: Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz,
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz]