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KLEIN

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Overview

KLEIN (noun)
  The noun KLEIN has 3 senses:

1. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)play

2. United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)play

3. United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)play

  Familiarity information: KLEIN used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


KLEIN (noun)


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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