拉普拉斯

Traditional form:

拉普拉斯

Pinyin (reading):

Lāpǔlāsī

Definitions:

• Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French mathematician

Characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations