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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MACLAURIN. From Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746), of Kilmodan, Argyll, Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh.
1. Astron. A crater on the moon to the north of Mare Fecunditatis.
2. Maths. In phr. Maclaurin's theorem, the theorem that a function of x may be expanded as a polynomial in x and derivatives of f(x) when x = 0.
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