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Shannonian

Shannonian adjective: of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.

Adjective

Shannonian (comparative more Shannonian, superlative most Shannonian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.

Forms of Shannonian

comparativemore Shannonian
superlativemost Shannonian

Origin of Shannonian

From Shannon + -ian.

Questions about Shannonian

What does Shannonian mean?
Shannonian means of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.
What part of speech is Shannonian?
Shannonian is an adjective.

Words near Shannonian in the dictionary

  1. Shannon stopover
  2. Shannon stopovers
  3. Shannon Vale
  4. Shannon's maxim
  5. Shannondale
  6. Shannonian
  7. shannonite
  8. Shannons
  9. Shannons Flat
  10. Shannonvale
  11. shannot

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