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CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ
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• CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ (noun)
The noun CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ has 1 sense:
1. United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
Familiarity information: CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ used as a noun is very rare.
• CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Proteus Steinmetz; Steinmetz
Instance hypernyms:
electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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