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Whitehead

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Noun

1. alfred north whitehead, whitehead

English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)

2. milium, whitehead

a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

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Whitehead

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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)

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Whitehead

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Alfred North1861-1947; Eng. mathematician & philosopher, in the U.S. after 1924
noun
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milium

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Whitehead

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n.
1. A skin lesion consisting of a hair follicle that is occluded with sebum and keratin, appearing white at the surface.
2. See milium.
British mathematician and philosopher. A founder of mathematical logic, he wrote Principia Mathematica (1910-1913) with Bertrand Russell and Process and Reality (1929).

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