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KLEIN
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• KLEIN (noun)
The noun KLEIN has 3 senses:
1. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
2. United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
3. United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
Familiarity information: KLEIN used as a noun is uncommon.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Felix Klein; Klein
Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Klein; Melanie Klein
Instance hypernyms:
analyst; psychoanalyst (a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Calvin Klein; Calvin Richard Klein; Klein
Instance hypernyms:
clothes designer; couturier; designer; fashion designer (someone who designs clothing)
Context examples
The team found evidence for nitrates in scooped samples of windblown sand and dust at the Rocknest site, and in samples drilled from mudstone at the John Klein and Cumberland drill sites in Yellowknife Bay.
(Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars, NASA)
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