whitehead
[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
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Whitehead
[ hwahyt-hed, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
noun
Alfred North,1861–1947,
English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
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British Dictionary definitions for whitehead
Whitehead
/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɛd) /
noun
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)
Medical definitions for whitehead
whitehead
[ wīt′hĕd′ ]
n.
A tiny epidermal cystlike mass with a narrow or obstructed opening on the skin surface, which may rupture, caused by the retention of secretions of a sebaceous gland.
closed comedo
milium