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VON NEUMANN
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• VON NEUMANN (noun)
The noun VON NEUMANN has 1 sense:
1. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
Familiarity information: VON NEUMANN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
John von Neumann; Neumann; von Neumann
Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
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