BENJAMIN PEIRCE

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• BENJAMIN PEIRCE (noun)
  The noun BENJAMIN PEIRCE has 1 sense:

1. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

  Familiarity information: BENJAMIN PEIRCE used as a noun is very rare.

• BENJAMIN PEIRCE (noun)

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Meaning:

United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin Peirce; Peirce

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)