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PEIRCE

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• PEIRCE (noun)
The noun PEIRCE has 2 senses:

1. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)
2. United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)

Familiarity information: PEIRCE used as a noun is rare.

• PEIRCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin Peirce; Peirce

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Franklin Peirce; Charles Peirce; Peirce

Instance hypernyms:

logician; logistician (a person skilled at symbolic logic)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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