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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)play

  Familiarity information: VON NEUMANN used as a noun is very rare.


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VON NEUMANN (noun)


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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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