Lagrange

See also: La Grange and LaGrange

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Lagrange.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈɡɹɑːndʒ/, /ləˈɡɹɒ̃ʒ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈɡɹɑndʒ/, /ləˈɡɹɑ̃ʒ/, /ləˈɡɹeɪndʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːndʒ, -ɑːnʒ, -eɪndʒ

Proper noun

Lagrange (plural Lagranges)

  1. A surname from French [in turn transferred from the place name].
    • 1997, Christopher Alan White, The Development of Ab Initio Methods for the Treatment of Large Molecules:
      The electron number constraint unlike the idempotency constraint can be represented by a single equation. For this reason, one can properly incorporate this constraint using a Lagrange multiplier and defining an effective chemical potential
  2. An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lagrange is the 12108th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2574 individuals. Lagrange is most common among White (85.12%) individuals.

Noun

Lagrange

  1. Ellipsis of Lagrange point.
    Lagrange 1

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of la +‎ grange. Cognate with Italian La Grangia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/

Proper noun

Lagrange ?

  1. a French surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Lagrange
  • Chinese: 拉格朗日 (Lāgélǎngrì) (transliteration)
  • Portuguese: Lagrange
  • Russian: Лагра́нж (Lagránž)

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