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Minkowski, Oskar(encyclopedia)

amerce (iou) and Minkowski (iou)


amerce (iou)



amerce verb trans. Orig. amercy. LME.
[Anglo-Norman amercier, orig. in estre amercie be placed at the mercy of another (as to the amount of a fine), from a merci at (the) mercy.]
Impose a discretionary (as opp. to fixed) fine on (a person); mulct (a person); punish in any way; (with the penalty or amount expressed as second obj. or foll. by in, with). Also, deprive of.
amerciable adjective liable to be amerced E17.
amerciate pa. pple & verb trans. (Scot.) amerce(d) LME-M19.

Minkowski (iou)



Minkowski noun. E20.
[Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909), Russian-born German mathematician.]
Physics. Used attrib. with ref. to various concepts occurring in or arising from the work of Minkowski, esp. his theory that the universe has four orthogonal dimensions (the three spatial dimensions and time).