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Shannon
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Shan·non  (shnn)
A river, about 386 km (240 mi) long, rising in north-central Ireland and flowing generally south and west to the Atlantic Ocean through a long deep estuary.
Shannon [ˈʃænən]
n
(Placename) a river in the Republic of Ireland, rising in NW Co. Cavan and flowing south to the Atlantic by an estuary 113 km (70 miles) long: the longest river in the Republic of Ireland. Length: 260 km (161 miles)
Shannon2
n
(Biographies / Shannon, Claude (Elwood) (1916-2000) M, US, SCIENCE: mathematician) Claude (Elwood). 1916-2000, US mathematician, who first developed information theory
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Noun1.Shannon - United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, Claude Shannon


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