in scientific phrases, a reference to French astronomer and mathematician Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827). Related: Laplacian (1836).
lapideous
lapidification
lapidocolous
lapis lazuli
Lapith
Laplace
Lapland
Lapp
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lapse
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