Fou·rier (f r  -  , f -ry), (François Marie) Charles 1772-1837. French social theorist who believed that universal harmony could be achieved by reorganizing society into self-sustaining units called "phalanxes," groups of 1,500 people who would share labor, wealth, and housing. |
| Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph 1768-1830. French mathematician and physicist who formulated a method for analyzing periodic functions and studied the conduction of heat. |
Fourier [ˈfʊərɪˌeɪ (French) furje]
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1. (Biographies / Fourier, (François Marie) Charles (1772-1837) M, French, SOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer) (François Marie) Charles (ʃarl). 1772-1837, French social reformer: propounded a system of cooperatives known as Fourierism, esp in his work Le Nouveau monde industriel (1829-30)
2. (Biographies / Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1768-1830) M, French, SCIENCE: mathematician, HISTORY: Egyptologist, POLITICS: administrator) Jean Baptiste Joseph (ʒɑ̃ batist ʒozɛf). 1768- 1830, French mathematician, Egyptologist, and administrator, noted particularly for his research on the theory of heat and the method of analysis named after him
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| Noun | 1. |  Fourier - French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830) |
| 2. |  Fourier - French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837) |
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