fourier

Noun fourier has 2 senses

• fourier(n = noun.person) baron jean baptiste joseph fourier, jean baptiste joseph fourier - French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830);
is a kind of mathematician, physicist

• fourier(n = noun.person) charles fourier, francois marie charles fourier - French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837);
is a kind of sociologist