STEPHEN HAWKING

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• STEPHEN HAWKING (noun)
  The noun STEPHEN HAWKING has 1 sense:

1. English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)

  Familiarity information: STEPHEN HAWKING used as a noun is very rare.

• STEPHEN HAWKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hawking; Stephen Hawking; Stephen William Hawking

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

 Context examples 

The British astronomer Stephen Hawking has famously compared crossing this boundary to going over Niagra Falls in a canoe: if you are above the falls, it is still possible to escape if you paddle hard enough.

(Astronomers Piece Together First Image of Black Hole, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)