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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The man was called Boole (/buːl/; [BOOL]), so the value is a Boole-an (/'buːliən/; [BOOL-eeən]), as in Newtonian.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

oh yeah? how come it isn't spelled Booleian then? 😏