Shannon

[shan-uhn]

noun

1. Claude Elwood 1916–2001, U.S. applied mathematician: early developer of information theory.

2. a river flowing SW from N Ireland to the Atlantic: the principal river of Ireland. 240 miles (386 km) long.

3. international airport in W Ireland, near Limerick.

4. a female given name.

Shannon

¹

/ ˈʃænən /

noun

1. 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)

Shannon

²

/ ˈʃænən /

noun

1. Claude ( Elwood ). 1916–2000, US mathematician, who first developed information theory

Example Sentences

Conservative MPs Shannon Stubbs and Matt Jeneroux - who announced earlier this month that he was resigning - also abstained.

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Then my friend Shannon sent me a Craigslist listing that looked —miraculously — normal.

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Among its enlisted consultants, it said, would be Sean Clegg of Bearstar Strategies, another former senior advisor to Newsom, and Shannon Murphy, of M Strategic Communications, who has ties to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

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Crowe has a planet-sized gravitational force on screen that he lends to the outsize Göring and Shannon possesses the same weight.

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The veteran character actor Michael Shannon is adequate in the part, but even among today’s superstars few measure up to Tracy, and Mr. Shannon is not a superstar.

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