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JAMES WATT
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• JAMES WATT (noun)
The noun JAMES WATT has 1 sense:
1. Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
Familiarity information: JAMES WATT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
James Watt; Watt
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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