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JEVONS
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• JEVONS (noun)
The noun JEVONS has 1 sense:
1. English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)
Familiarity information: JEVONS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jevons; William Stanley Jevons
Instance hypernyms:
economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)
logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)
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