Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fourier

2 senses of fourier

Sense 1
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier -- (French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830))
       INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2
Fourier, Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier -- (French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837))
       INSTANCE OF=> sociologist -- (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)