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VANNEVAR BUSH
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• VANNEVAR BUSH (noun)
The noun VANNEVAR BUSH has 1 sense:
1. United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
Familiarity information: VANNEVAR BUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bush; Vannevar Bush
Instance hypernyms:
electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)
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