维尔斯特拉斯

Traditional form:

維爾斯特拉斯

Pinyin (reading):

Wéi'ěrsītèlāsī

Definitions:

• Karl Weierstrass (1815-1897), German mathematician

Characters:

• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 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:

• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations