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a town and administrative region in central Scotland, on the River Forth; pop. 32,000 (est. 2009). 斯特林（苏格兰中部城镇和行政区, 位于福思河畔, 2009年估计人口32,000）。
Stirling2, James (1692-1770), Scottish mathematician. His main work, Methodus Differentialis (1730), was concerned with summation and interpolation. A formula named after him, giving the approximate value of the factorial of large numbers, was actually first worked out by the French-born mathematician Abraham De Moivre (1667-1754). 斯特林, 詹姆斯（1692-1770, 苏格兰数学家; 他的主要著作《微分方式》[1730] 涉及求和法和插值法, 以他名字命名的对大数字的阶乘积给出大约值的公式, 其实是法国出生的数学家亚布拉罕·德穆瓦夫尔[1667-1754]首先推演出来的）。
Stirling3, Sir James Fraser (1926-92), Scottish architect. Working at first in a brutalist style, he became known for his use of geometric shapes and coloured decoration in public buildings such as the Neuestaatsgalerie in Stuttgart (1977). 斯特林, 詹姆斯·弗雷泽爵士（1926-1992, 苏格兰建筑师; 他最初采用的是野兽派风格, 后因在公共建筑物应用几何图形和多彩装饰而闻名, 例如斯图加特新州立美术馆[1977]）。
Stirling4, Robert (1790-1878), Scottish engineer and Presbyterian minister. In 1816 he was co-inventor (with his brother) of a type of external-combustion engine using heated air. 斯特林, 罗伯特（1790-1878, 苏格兰工程师和长老会的教长, 1816年他与他的兄弟共同发明了一种利用热空气的外燃机）。
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