Leibniz 

16th Century philosopher and mathemtician who was a contemporary of Sir Isaac Newton. Was fucked over with regard to credit given to the pioneer of calculus. Leibniz developed the integral sign as well as developed the theoretical concepts of the derivative and integral, whereas newton mostly applied those concepts to physics. Leibniz and newton both made significant contributions and should be viewed as co-discoverers of calculus.

Leibniz should get more credit for the discovery of calculus

Leibniz by nirvanarageatm December 15, 2004

Leibniz 

German cookies! they crunch very loud!

*crunch* that's what Leibniz does.

Leibniz by P!nky19 July 3, 2006

Leibniz 

Adjective used to show how the historic conditions affect the recognition that we have of the writers and thinkers If Leibniz had been English and Newton German, the credit by to have created the calculus would be of Lebniz.

Dante, Shakespeare and Cervantes are Leibniz.

Leibniz by anmomarc May 31, 2005

Leibniz 

A facility in which homeless people can get into and teach children the fascinating world of chemical experiment. There are also people who do everything the could to make your life worthless. It is somewhat like an Asylum.

„Hey do you know this Leibniz school?“ „Yeah, I heard there are only retards who teach.“

Leibniz by Jannick M. January 12, 2022

Leibniz-Newton Effect 

The Leibniz-Newton Effect, or LNE, signifies when two alike or similar products or ideas are either created or discovered by two different individuals with no clear evidence that Guy 1 and Guy 2 had any influence on each other.

The term is derived from the fact that Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton both discovered calculus, without knowing about each other until after they had both attempted to get their work published.

In the world of animation, it is said to be the effect of two studios coming up with very similar ideas for a movie with no clear proof that one truly did steal the idea from the other.

With no real solid evidence that either one truly inspired the other, it remains plausible that the release of the eerily similar "Flushed Away" by Dreamworks and "Ratatouille" by Pixar is an instance of the Leibniz-Newton Effect, wherein which great minds think way too much alike.

Leibniz-Newton Effect by ObscuredOne December 3, 2007

Pulled a Leibniz 

To unknowingly invent something which already exists.

Named after mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who thought his fancy maths were something new, but in reality they had already been found 8 years earlier by Isaac Newton.

You know that dissertation I was working on lately? Well, turns out I pulled a Leibniz: the whole thing was already discovered centuries ago by some German scientist.

Pulled a Leibniz by Fenhl December 23, 2013