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Whitehead
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White·head  (hwthd, wt-), Alfred North 1861-1947.
British mathematician and philosopher. A founder of mathematical logic, he wrote Principia Mathematica (1910-1913) with Bertrand Russell and Process and Reality (1929).

white·head  (hwthd, wt-)
n.
See milium.

Whitehead [ˈwaɪtˌhɛd]
n
(Biographies / Whitehead, Alfred North (1861-1947) M, English, SCIENCE: mathematician, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Alfred North. 1861-1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910-13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929)
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Noun1.WhiteheadWhitehead - English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
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blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"


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