hamilton

Noun
Synonyms: HamiltonWilliam Rowan HamiltonSir William Rowan HamiltonLady Emma HamiltonAmy LyonAlice HamiltonAlexander Hamilton

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. Irish mathematician (1806-1865)Synonyms: HamiltonWilliam Rowan HamiltonSir William Rowan Hamilton
  2. English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)Synonyms: HamiltonLady Emma HamiltonAmy Lyon
  3. United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)Synonyms: HamiltonAlice Hamilton
  4. United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)Synonyms: HamiltonAlexander Hamilton
  5. a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake OntarioSynonyms: Hamilton
  6. the capital of BermudaSynonyms: Hamilton
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

William Hamilton Hamilton

<person> A mathematician who posed Hamilton's problem.

{Biography

(http://gregory.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ShortBiogs/H.html#Hamilton)}. [Summary?]

(1995-11-02)

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